Gloria Steinem remembered in Kern County: The six-decade friendship that helped shape history
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The feminist icon’s six-decade bond with Dolores Huerta left a lasting mark on both women, and on the movements they led.
Gloria Steinem died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, at the age of 92, leaving behind a legacy shaped by more than six decades of advocacy for women’s equality. But in Kern County, her story is also tied to a friendship that helped connect two of the most important social movements of the 20th century.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The feminist icon’s six-decade bond with Dolores Huerta left a lasting mark on both women, and on the movements they led.
Gloria Steinem died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, at the age of 92, leaving behind a legacy shaped by more than six decades of advocacy for women’s equality. But in Kern County, her story is also tied to a friendship that helped connect two of the most important social movements of the 20th century.
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For Camila Chavez, executive director of the Dolores Huerta Foundation and daughter of civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, Steinem’s death is not just the loss of an icon — it is the loss of someone she knew personally, across a lifetime of shared history.
“Of course I was saddened because I have had the opportunity to get to know Gloria and be with her over my lifetime,” Chavez said. “It’s another shero of the movement who has passed on.”
