Yvonne Roberts

“Steinem, unlike some of her contemporaries, never recanted or modified her many causes, which included civil rights, violence against women, and the struggle for equality,”

Yvonne Roberts · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-05

Roberts writes in the Guardian obituary for Gloria Steinem that Steinem never recanted or modified her many causes.

“She continued to argue that every economics course ought to start not with production but with reproduction, and an understanding of the patriarchal instinct to restrict a woman’s right to contraception and abortion.”

Yvonne Roberts · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-05

Roberts writes in the Guardian obituary that Steinem continued to argue economics courses should start with reproduction.