“She came home to vote,” the activist said of the Duchess of Sussex, before going into detail about the two’s efforts to get people to the polls.
The feminist activist and icon extolled the Duchess of Sussex as “smart, authentic, funny, political” during a Sunday conversation with“She came home to vote,” the activist said of Meghan’s move earlier this year back to California, where the duchess grew up.
Steinem then went into detail about a meeting the two had earlier this summer, saying they contacted potential U.S. voters together at Steinem’s home.In a conversation with Access Hollywood, Gloria Steinem said she and Meghan Markle met earlier this summer and contacted potential American voters together.
“The first thing we did ― and why she came to see me ― we sat at the dining room table where I am right now and we cold-called voters,” Steinem said. “Said, ‘Hello I’m Meg’ and ‘Hello I’m Gloria’ and ‘Are you going to vote?’ That was her initiative.” Steinem also shot down a stereotype that Meghan has faced since marrying Prince Harry, and thereby marrying into the British royal family.
“She has a kind of stereotype hanging over her head ― which is ‘princess,’” the activist told Access Hollywood. “The whole idea of ‘princess,’ you know, is a problem. I mean, we had a whole revolution to get rid of royalty.”
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