(FILES) US President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to women's rights activist Gloria Steinem during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on November 20, 2013 in Washington, DC. American journalist, activist and feminist icon Gloria Steinem has died, her foundation said on September 3, 2026. She was 92. "Yesterday, Gloria Steinem passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her," Gloria's Foundation said in a statement posted on Instagram, without specifying the cause of death. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)