Gloria Steinem, the American writer and activist who championed gender equality and women's rights, and even worked undercover as a Playboy bunny to expose sexist treatment, has died at age 92 ▻ ↧ Feminist activist Gloria Steinem dies at age 92 Gloria Steinem, the American writer, lecturer, activist and organizer who fought for gender equality and women's civil and reproductive rights for more than five decades, has died, her foundation said. She was 92 years old.