Gloria Steinem and Dolly Parton Trailblazed on Parallel Paths

Gloria Steinem and Dolly Parton trailblazed on parallel paths

Gloria Steinem's Ms. Magazine recognized Dolly Parton as its Woman of the Year in 1987. Decades later, they died just over a week apart.

Remembering Dolly and Gloria, child-free icons

Neither Dolly Parton nor Gloria Steinem had children — and worked to make life better for children overall.

Gloria Steinem named the revolution. Dolly Parton lived it

Steinem gave feminism a public language. Parton showed how its promise of female autonomy could flourish without the label.

Dolly and Gloria: They Felt Permanent. But Permanence is Not the Same as Staying. It is What They Left Behind in Us

I feel palpably sad. I learned Gloria Steinem died today. And Dolly Parton died last week. They were both at ages where death should not have been a surprise. But yet, it is. They had each become so much more than the work they did or the careers they built. They felt permanent. For many…

Will the Heavenly Hosts hang with Steinem or Parton?

It’s been a good week for dying. People we’ve lost and who’ve lost us include Dolly Parton and, now, Gloria Steinem. Only in America would we get these two. Talk about diversity! Their strategies for succeeding were different, though equally effective. Gloria presented herself as a good-looking, engaging, ambitious, smart woman. Dolly presented herself as…