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Pioneering Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes dies at 84

Dorothy Pitman Hughes is pictured in her St. Johns, Fla., home on Sept. 24, 2013, with a poster using a 1970s image of herself and Gloria Steinem. Hughes, a pioneering Black feminist, child welfare advocate and activist who formed a powerful speaking partnership with Steinem and appeared with her in one of the most iconic photos of the feminist movement, has died. Hughes died Dec. 1, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. She was 84. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP) FILE - Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes attend the Ms. Foundation for Women Gloria Awards at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York, May 1, 2014. Hughes, a pioneering Black feminist, child welfare advocate and activist who formed a powerful speaking partnership with Steinem and appeared with her in one of the most iconic photos of the feminist movement, has died. Hughes died Dec. 1, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. She was 84. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP, File) Gloria Steinem, left, and Dorothy Pitman Hughes raise their fists together, resembling a photograph taken during the height of their activism together, at the Lazarra Theatre at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla., during an speaking event on March 10, 2011. Hughes, a pioneering Black feminist, child welfare advocate and activist who formed a powerful speaking partnership with Steinem and appeared with her in one of the most iconic photos of the feminist movement, has died. Hughes died Dec. 1, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. She was 84. (Jon M. Fletcher/The Florida Times-Union via AP) Dorothy Pitman Hughes poses in her St. Johns, Fla., home on Sept. 24, 2013, with a poster using a 1970's image of herself and Gloria Steinem. Hughes, a pioneering Black feminist, child welfare advocate and activist who formed a powerful speaking partnership with Steinem and appeared with her in one of the most iconic photos of the feminist movement, has died. Hughes died Dec. 1, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. She was 84. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)
Pioneering Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes dies at 84