Meghan Markle steps out in NYC to accept award

Meghan Markle steps out in NYC to accept award

The Duchess of Sussex stepped out in New York City on Tuesday evening accompanied by two special guests — her husband, Prince Harry, and her mother, Doria Ragland — for the Ms. Foundation 2023 Women of Vision Awards: Celebrating Generations of Progress & Power. Meghan, 41, was honored as one of this year’s Woman of Vision Award honorees for her global advocacy to empower women and girls.

The event reunited Meghan with her friend Gloria Steinem, Co-Founding Mother of the Ms. Foundation, who presented her with the award.

During her acceptance speech, Meghan thanked Steinem “for the inspiration that you are, for your mentorship, your sage advice, your extraordinarily cheeky sense of humor and for your incredible friendship.”

Meghan spoke of the mark left on her by Ms. magazine when she was a young child.

“As a young girl, I would come home, I’d settle in after a day of school, pull up my TV tray with dinner and I would turn on my evening ritual: Jeopardy! And I’d glance at the coffee table, where I’d see an array of things: it could be the cat’s collar, my homework, some mail that had just been brought in — and some magazines,” the Duchess of Sussex said. “The magazines said Ms. on them.”

“I remember them vividly because the pictures were different. There was diversity that I hadn’t seen as often, both of color and of age and the names were different,” Meghan continued.

“There were congresswomen, there were astronauts and the topics were different — from mothering to being a working mom to heavier topics such as domestic violence, the poverty line, unearthing its roots, where it comes from and matters of equity.”

“I was too young at the time to know what most of it meant,” Meghan said, adding that despite that, “the significance of these magazines was important.”

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