Look back: Gloria Steinem on the founding of Ms. Magazine

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Look back: Gloria Steinem on the founding of Ms. Magazine. (2026, September 6). CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/look-back-gloria-steinem-on-the-founding-of-ms-magazine/

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Gloria Steinem, then a 30-something columnist for New York magazine, discussed the founding of Ms. Magazine in an interview that originally aired on September 17, 2023. Gloria Steinem passed away at age 92 in 2026. The anthology "50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution" was compiled by Katherine Spillar, executive editor of Ms. Magazine.
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Story summary

Gloria Steinem, a pioneering figure in the women's liberation movement, was 30-something when she helped found Ms. Magazine as a columnist for New York magazine. She is also credited with helping to push feminism into the mainstream through this publication. This recollection of her involvement with Ms. Magazine comes from an interview that aired on September 17, 2023, where Steinem spoke with Rita Braver about the origins of the magazine.

Written for “Gloria Steinem's Ms Magazine” on 2026-10-22, grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.

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📰 Gloria Steinem's Ms Magazine
Entertainment · 1 article(s) covering the same event.

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⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 4% hedged 3 of 85 📰 publisher trust 95
“Article A reports on Gloria Steinem's death and a anecdote from her past, while Article B is an interview from 2023 about the founding of Ms. Magazine”
Gloria Steinem, feminist activist and author dead at 92 different event · 90%
Global News
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 4% hedged 5 of 125 📰 publisher trust 63
“Article A reports Gloria Steinem's death at age 92 on September 3, 2026, while Article B mentions her death in passing as having occurred on September 2, 2026, but focuses primarily on a previous interview and the founding of Ms. Magazine”
Gloria Steinem, trailblazing journalist and activist, dies at 92 different event · 90%
NPR
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 7% hedged 3 of 46 📰 publisher trust 60
“Article A reports on Gloria Steinem's death at age 92, while Article B discusses her founding of Ms. Magazine in a past interview.”
Gloria Steinem, feminist icon and journalist, dies at 92 different event · 90%
ABC News (US)
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 11% hedged 4 of 38 📰 publisher trust 59
“Article B reports on an interview from 2023 about the founding of Ms. Magazine, while Article A reports on Gloria Steinem's death in 2026”
Gloria Steinem death: Pioneering voice of modern feminism, dies at 92 different event · 90%
The Independent
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 54 📰 publisher trust 59
“Article A reports on Gloria Steinem's death at age 92, while Article B is a look back on her founding of Ms. Magazine and includes an interview from 2023”
Gloria Steinem, 1934–2026 different event · 90%
The Bulwark
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 8% hedged 7 of 88
“Article A reports on Gloria Steinem's death, while Article B discusses an interview with Steinem about the founding of Ms. Magazine, which was published years before her death.”
Extended interview: Gloria Steinem different event · 90%
CBS News
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 2 📰 publisher trust 66
“Article A mentions an extended interview with Gloria Steinem that was recorded in 2023 and posted for the first time, while Article B mentions a 'Sunday Morning' report that originally aired on September 17, 2023”
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TIME
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“Article A reports on Gloria Steinem's death, while Article B is a look back at an interview about the founding of Ms. Magazine and mentions her death as having occurred two days prior”
Gloria Steinem, feminist activist and journalist, dies at 92 different event · 80%
Deutsche Welle
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 31 📰 publisher trust 95
“Article A reports on Steinem's death at age 92, while Article B is an interview from 2023 discussing her founding of Ms. Magazine”
Meghan pays tribute to ‘friend and mentor’ Gloria Steinem different event · 80%
Evening Standard
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 3% hedged 1 of 32 📰 publisher trust 65
“Article A reports on Meghan's tribute to Gloria Steinem after her death, while Article B reports on an interview with Gloria Steinem from 2023 about the founding of Ms. Magazine”
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not political
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66/100
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Topics

Ms. Ms. Magazine New York

Subjects

Gloria Steinem PERSON · 2× Ms. Magazine ORG · 2× Braver PERSON · 1× Katherine Spillar PERSON · 1× Ms. ORG · 1× New York GPE · 1× Rita Braver PERSON · 1× Steinem PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Gloria Steinem on the founding of Ms. Magazine Gloria Steinem, a trailblazing figure in the women's liberation movement who died on Sept. 2, 2026 at age 92, was a 30-something columnist for New York magazine when she helped found a publication aimed at pushing feminism into the mainstream.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-06
2026-09-06 · CBS News
Look back: Gloria Steinem on the founding of Ms. Magazine · assertive framing

Claims (3 extracted, 0 hedged)

Gloria Steinem on the founding of Ms. Magazine Gloria Steinem, a trailblazing figure in the women's liberation movement who died on Sept. 2, 2026 at age 92, was a 30-something columnist for New York magazine when she helped found a publication aimed at pushing feminism into the mainstream. asserted
she → die → mainstream
In this "Sunday Morning" report that originally aired Sept. 17, 2023, Steinem talked with Rita Braver about the origin of Ms. Magazine. asserted
Steinem → air → Magazine
Braver also talked with Ms. executive editor Katherine Spillar, who compiled the anthology, "50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution." asserted
That → talk → Revolution
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