We women are the best thing going. — Margaret Sloan-Hunter (that's Margaret in the back left -- image via Ms. Magazine) Margaret had a hard job. As one of the first editors at Ms. Magazine, Gloria Steinem's progressive feminist publication, she frequently raised questions that plagued all feminists, not just those working at Ms.: "How do we include more black women in the movement?" "Why don't we have more black voices in the magazine?" "How do we make white feminists see black women's struggles in the civil rights movement as important as their own?" These questions made up the fundamental dedications of Margaret's life, as a writer and an activist involved in both movements.
A Woman to Know: Margaret Sloan-Hunter
A Woman to Know: Margaret Sloan-Hunter
A Woman to Know: Margaret Sloan-Hunter
We women are the best thing going. — Margaret Sloan-Hunter (that's Margaret in the back left -- image via Ms. Magazine) Margaret had a hard job. As one of the first editors at Ms. Magazine, Gloria Steinem's progressive feminist publication, she frequently raised questions that plagued all feminists, not just those working at Ms.: "How do we include more black women in the movement?" "Why don't we have more black voices in the magazine?" "How do we make white feminists see black women's struggles in the civil rights movement as important as their own?" These questions made up the fundamental dedications of Margaret's life, as a writer and an activist involved in both movements.