How Gloria Steinem Stood With the Latine Community

Gloria Steinem was a pioneer of the feminist movement, but did you know she was also a strong ally to the Latine community?

The journalist and activist, who passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 2, was one of the most prominent feminist leaders of our time. Throughout her life, she fought for women’s equality alongside countless brown and Black organizers and activists, including Dolores Huerta, one of the most impactful leaders of her generation.

Steinem and Huerta first met in the late 1960s, when the Chicana leader directed the first National Boycott of California Table Grapes in New York City. Steinem used her media connections to help the movement gain momentum—beginning a decades-long partnership.

The duo went on to protest and march together for women’s and farmworkers’ rights, with Steinem crediting Huerta with teaching white feminists how to make their voices heard by joining the picket lines.

Huerta also said the influence was mutual. Steinem helped Herta see how deeply sexism was embedded in the fight for civil rights. Huerta began confronting sexism within the United Farm Workers movement and eventually called herself a “born-again feminist.”

Steinem’s relationship with Huerta exemplifies her intersectional feminism. She consistently worked with Latina organizers and amplified Latinas’ voices through her feminist publication Ms. magazine. Just months before her death, Steinem wrote Huerta’s 2026 TIME100 tribute, describing her as “a fierce political organizer” whose work made her “a civil rights and labor icon.”

Today, Steinem is remembered as a leader who sought equality for all women.