Before the Gender Gap Had a Name, Ms. Saw Women’s Political Power Coming: Six Stories From the Archives on the Power of Women Voters
Ms. Magazine | 03.11.2026 13:00
In 1972, when Ms. published its first full-length issue, Gloria Steinem saw something coming: Women voters, she predicted, were “just beginning to flex our muscles, and figure out what kind of political force we might be.”
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