Gloria Steinem, who has died at 92, was once asked about work-life balance. She said she lived to work.

Gloria Steinem in New York City, 2025.

Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images Gloria Steinem, a giant of second-wave feminism, has died at age 92.

In her later years, Steinem said she was juggling many projects and was excited to get older.

"I don't care about getting old, except I love it here, and I don't want to leave," Steinem said.

Gloria Steinem was one of the most recognizable names in second-wave feminism, but she didn't rest on her laurels.

On Wednesday, Steinem died at her home in New York City at the age of 92, "surrounded by some of the many who loved her," according to a post shared on her Instagram page.

Interviews in the final years of her life painted a picture of someone as motivated as ever by work and social change.

In 2018, The Cut asked her about work-life balance at the age of 84, to which she replied: "Most people must work to live, but some of us live to work." It's a common theme among long-living legends who have recently passed, including Dolly Parton and David Hockney .

Longevity experts say a long life and having a firm purpose are linked.

Steinem said she thought of her life as a stove topped with 12 pots.

"One pot is boiling over, one needs salt, one is a new recipe," she told The Cut.

"I'm constantly going from pot to pot.

There are writing projects, groups that I care about and I'm on the board of, there's a lot of traveling — I spend a third to half of my life on the road — there are political emergencies and campaigns, many different pots.

At any given moment, there are 12 projects in my life." At the time, Steinem was an advisor to Vice Media, executive-producing the film adaptation of her memoir "My Life on the Road," and remained involved in social activism .