Gloria is from the Latin gloria (glory, fame, renown). **Gloria Steinem (born 1934)** — **American journalist and co-founder of *Ms.* magazine (1972); the most visible spokeswoman of second-wave American feminism**; her 1963 *Show* magazine exposé "A Bunny's Tale" — going undercover at the New York Playboy Club — defined feminist investigative journalism. **Gloria Anzaldúa (1942-2004)** — Chicana feminist theorist; *Borderlands/La Frontera* (1987) is foundational to queer Latina studies. **Gloria Estefan (born 1957)** — Cuban-American singer; the most successful Latin crossover artist of the 1980s-90s. **Gloria Vanderbilt (1924-2019)** — American socialite, fashion designer, and mother of Anderson Cooper.
Subject of *The Glorias* (2020 film starring Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander as Gloria Steinem).
Gloria reduces to eight — the number of second-wave feminism.