Iconic feminist Robin Morgan, former child star, dies at 85

Robin Morgan, a former child actress turned radical poet and essayist, died at 85, according to the Women’s Media Center, which she helped launch with Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem. Rising to prominence in the 1960s, she organized the first Miss America pageant protest and edited the influential feminist collection “Sisterhood is Powerful.” Morgan also coined the term “herstory,” popularized the clenched-fist symbol, and led initiatives like New York Radical Women and the Sisterhood Is Global Institute.

Her personal life included a long marriage to poet Kenneth Pitchford and a son, musician Blake Morgan. She remained active in media, hosting a radio show and speaking publicly despite a Parkinson’s diagnosis. The statement omitted details about the location, date or cause of her death.