Robin Morgan, a feminist, poet, essayist, and editor who played a pivotal role in the second-wave feminist movement, has died at 85. Her passing was confirmed by the Women's Media Center, which she co-founded with Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem. The center did not provide details on the location, date, or cause of her death. Morgan was a key figure in the 1968 protest against the Miss America pageant, where activists famously discarded items like bras into a “Freedom Trash Can” as a symbol of resistance to traditional female roles. She also edited the 1970 essay collection “Sisterhood is Powerful,” which is often regarded as a foundational text of the modern women’s movement. She is credited with coining the term “herstory,” a female-centered version of history, and popularizing the clenched fist symbol associated with feminist activism. Morgan’s poetry, including “Monster” and “Arraignment,” became staples at feminist events. Her poem “Arraignment” highlighted the feminist movement’s admiration for the poet Sylvia Plath and its criticism of her husband, Ted Hughes. The line “I accuse/Ted Hughes” inspired the title of a Sonic Youth song, “J’Accuse Ted Hughes.” In 1970, Morgan was arrested and jailed for occupying the offices of Grove Press, where workers were attempting to unionize. In her essay “Goodbye to All That,” she criticized male-dominated peace movements and figures like Abbie Hoffman and Hugh Hefner. She had both male and female relationships and was married for over 20 years to the gay poet Kenneth Pitchford. They had a son, Blake Morgan, who is now a musician, activist, and record company executive. Morgan described their marriage as a “two member commune.” Morgan authored more than 20 books, including “Saturday’s Child,” “The Word of a Woman: Feminists Dispatches,” and poetry collections “Monster” and “Dark Matter.” She also edited “Sisterhood is Global” (1984) and “Sisterhood is Forever” (2002), which featured contributions from notable feminists such as Gloria Steinem, Simone de Beauvoir, and Eve Ensler. Born in 1941 in Lake Worth, Florida, Morgan was raised in New York. Her mother claimed she was born in 1942 to make her early public career seem more impressive. As a child star in the 1940s and ’50s, she hosted her own radio show and appeared on the TV series “Mama.” She met many celebrities of the time and inspired commercial products like Robin Morgan dolls. Morgan attended Columbia University in her late teens, participated in poetry workshops, and became politically active. She marched for civil rights and against the Vietnam War, meeting figures like W.H. Auden and Anthony Hecht. She met her husband, Kenneth Pitchford, at a Manhattan party in 1962. Despite being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, she remained active in her work, hosting a radio show and delivering a TEDWomen talk in 2015.