AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Robin Morgan, poet and feminist activist, dies in New York at 85
Robin Morgan, a pivotal figure in American feminism whose activism spanned decades and included co-founding organizations with allies like Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda, has died at age 85 in New York after a series of recent health problems, according to her family and longtime colleagues. Blake Morgan, her son, confirmed that Robin Morgan passed […] The post Robin Morgan, poet and feminist activist, dies in New York at 85 appeared first on American Almanac .
Robin Morgan, a pivotal figure in American feminism whose activism spanned decades and included co-founding organizations with allies like Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda, has died at age 85 in New York after a series of recent health problems, according to her family and longtime colleagues. Blake Morgan, her son, confirmed that Robin Morgan passed away on Saturday following several weeks of declining health. He described his mother as “someone who was able to take very big ideas and distill them succinctly, like a poet, into a few words.” Morgan’s death marks the end of a chapter in the story of second-wave feminism, where her influence as a writer, organizer, and editor helped shape the movement’s language and direction. …Open
