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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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Although she ended up standing out thanks to her commitment to feminism for more than six decades, Robin Morgan's first steps —who died just two days after one of her best friends, Gloria Steinem—were like in the CBS series Mama, when she was only 8 years old.
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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