Robin Morgan, a poet, essayist, and editor who became a prominent second-wave feminist, dies at 85 on September 5. Multiple outlets report her death was confirmed through the Women’s Media Center and later announced publicly by close associates, including her son Blake Morgan and Julie Burton, the organization’s president.
Morgan is widely described as having grown up in the public eye as a child star in the 1940s and 1950s before developing a career centered on writing and activism. She co-founded the Women’s Media Center alongside Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem, figures also cited across the reports. The Guardian, Deadline, and the Winnipeg Free Press characterize her as a key feminist voice through her work as editor-in-chief of Ms. magazine and as an outspoken writer.
Outlets differ mainly in emphasis: Deadline highlights her roles and the timing of Steinem’s recent death, while other coverage foregrounds her transformation from child performer to feminist poet and editor. All accounts agree on the core elements of her legacy—her writing, her media leadership, and her co-founding of the Women’s Media Center.
