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Robin Morgan, poet and feminist whose allies included Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem, dies at 85
The feminist leader and author co-founded the Women’s Media Center and hosted its podcast, which recently marked 500 episodes, officials said.
- Robin Morgan, a pioneering second-wave feminist, poet, and former Ms. magazine editor-in-chief, died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday at age 85.
- Transitioning from a 1940s child star to an 'all-American radical,' Morgan co-founded the Women's Media Center with Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda 21 years ago.
- Morgan published more than 20 books, including the seminal 'Sisterhood is Powerful' anthology, and remained professionally active despite living with Parkinson's disease for over a decade.
- Women's Media Center President Julie Burton honored Morgan as 'one of the architects of the contemporary women's movement,' while Jane Fonda credited her with inspiring her feminist education.
- Following the recent death of her friend and colleague Gloria Steinem, the Women's Media Center pledged to continue their mission of strengthening democracy and media representation for women.
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New York. Robin Morgan, a children’s star from the 1940s and 1950s who grew up to become a radical American poet, essayist, editor and feminist of the second wave, died at the age of 85.
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American feminist activist, writer and poet Robin Morgan, a member of the feminist movement in the United States and internationally, died on Saturday at the age of 85, her son Blake Morgan announced on social media.
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