Dolly Parton, top, on Nov. 11, 1982 in Nashville and Gloria Steinem on Feb. 17, 1970 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, Anthony Camerano, File)
\n\nGloria Steinman, bottom, shown on Feb. 29, 2020 in New York, and Dolly Parton, pictured in in Lexington, Ky. on Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini/Invision and Timothy D. Easley, File)
\n\nSunny Holiday poses for a photo near a mural of Dolly Parton on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
\n\nWomen’s rights spokeswoman Gloria Steinem attends a news conference at the American Civil Liberties Union office in New York, July 12, 1973. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
\n\nOne shaped and delivered the language of feminism. The other rejected the label but showed how feminism can be done: with a microphone dusted in rhinestones, and without apology.
\n\nGloria Steinem and Dolly Parton embodied two towering versions of the same idea: that women should know themselves well enough to make their own choices about matters intimate and societal. Their deaths eight days apart sent a double dose of grief around the world and across generations as many women (and some men!) asked who would take their places at the forefront of women’s rights.
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