Gloria Steinem and Dolly Parton died within days of each other, but their seemingly different legacies reveal how feminism needed both explicit advocacy and quiet embodiment. Writer Susan Dominus traces how these two icons shaped women's liberation through contrasting approaches—Steinem through journalism, organizing, and policy; Parton through art, business ownership, and cultural influence without claiming the feminist label. Gloria Steinem co-founded Ms. Magazine, the first magazine run entirely by women, which tackled workplace equality, reproductive rights, and structural change through journalism and political organizing.