Gloria Steinem gaveMeghan Markle a gift with a message during their recent backyard chat.- The feminist icon gifted the Duchess of Sussex with a bracelet that said "linked not ranked."
- Steinem designed the $48 bracelet herself for Maiden Nation's "ImagiNation" campaign, and it's currently sold out.
- Markle told Steinem that the bracelet's message "means everything to me on every level."
As Meghan Markle and Gloria Steinem chatted about everything from Prince Harry to voter suppression, the Duchess of Sussex was wearing a special gift from the feminist leader.
Circling one of her wrists was a bracelet that read "linked not ranked."
The $48 bracelet was designed by Steinem herself — and it's currently sold out.
Markle told Steinem that she loved the bracelet during their recent chat in California, which was shared by MAKERS Women on Wednesday.
"'We are linked, not ranked' is the shortest way I've ever found to say what our goal is," Steinem told her. "And I thank you for understanding that rank is less important than being linked."
"It means everything to me on every level," Markle told Steinem.
Steinem designed the beaded bracelet for Maiden Nation's "ImagiNation" campaign and proceeds from the bracelet benefit Feminist.com.
Those who would like to purchase the bracelet can email Feminist.com and ask to be notified when they're back in stock, according to the website.
Markle sported an all-white ensemble for her intimate discussion with Steinem, which some thought might have been a subtle nod to the women's suffrage movement.
The Duchess of Sussex wore a white T-shirt with $249 striped pants from Anine Bing. She accessorized with a $356 hat by Janessa Leoné, which announced that it would donate 10% of the proceeds from all online orders to I am a voter — a nonpartisan public awareness campaign for voting and civic engagement — through Sunday.
During their conversation, Markle told Steinem that she's been "really concerned about voter suppression."
"We can already see all the different challenges that we're facing," she said. "For example, if you're a person of color and you're in line — for potentially hours on end — and during that time someone tries to intimidate you to tell you that you should get out of line because you might be under surveillance, or any number of intimidation tactics that are so scary."
"And then you think, 'You know, it's not worth it.' You decide to step out of line and relinquish your right to vote. That's bad enough, but then there's a ripple effect because whoever is in the back of the line says, 'Whatever they did to them…I don't want that to happen to me,'" Markle added. "That, I think, is so frightening. But I wonder how we circumvent that and how we get people to feel empowered."
Markle also spoke about her husband Prince Harry, revealing that he had proudly told Steinem that he was a feminist before their chat.
"I look at our son and what a beautiful example that he gets to grow up with a father who is so comfortable owning that as part of his own self-identification," she said. "That there's no shame in being someone who advocates for fundamental human rights for everyone, which of course includes women."
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