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American feminist (1947–2004)

Margaret Sloan-Hunter (May 31, 1947 – September 23, 2004) was a Black feminist, lesbian,^[1] civil rights advocate, and one of the early editors of Ms. magazine.

Early life

Margaret Sloan-Hunter was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on May 31, 1947. She grew up in Chicago.^[2]

Career

When Sloan-Hunter was 14, she joined the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a group that worked on poverty and urban issues on behalf of the African-American community in Chicago.

At the age of 17, she founded the Junior Catholic Inter-Racial Council, a mix of suburban and inner-city students who talked about and worked on racial problems. In 1966, Sloan-Hunter worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and in the "Open Housing Marches".^[3]

Sloan-Hunter also became one of the first editors of Ms., a magazine supporting the feminist movement. Along with editing, sh