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Steinem’s decades-long work with Minnesota feminists is sometimes overlooked, but her impact and legacy are still very much alive today.
Just weeks before the release of her final memoir, Gloria Steinem, one of the most recognizable symbols of second-wave feminism, died in her New York City home on Sept. 2. She was 92.
It would be understandable, given the sheer volume of recent Steinem tributes from around the world, to forget – or never even know – about her enormous role in shaping Minnesota’s political landscape. But from the 1970s through the early 2000s, she was a present, powerful, exceptionally visible ally to Minnesota’s feminists. This was thanks to her extraordinary friendship with Koryne Horbal, the Columbia Heights “housewife” who dreamed of turning Minnesota into a state where wome...
