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Sun Apr 28, 2013, 02:04 AM Apr 2013

Prominent feminist Mary Thom dies in motorcycle crash


Prominent feminist Mary Thom dies in motorcycle crash

(CNN) -- Journalist Mary Thom, a prominent feminist who was an editor of Ms. magazine in its early years, has died. She was 68.

Thom was killed Friday when she crashed her motorcycle on a highway in Yonkers, New York.

She helped found Ms., an influential feminist magazine, and served as an editor there for 20 years.

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Full article here: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/28/us/mary-thom-death/index.html



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