Former Ms. magazine editor Mary Thom, avid motorcyclist, dies in NY highway crash at age 68
Posted April 27, 2013 9:20 pm.
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YONKERS, N.Y. – A prominent New York City feminist, writer and former Ms. magazine editor has been killed in a motorcycle crash. Mary Thom (tawm) was 68.
Thom had a passion for riding motorcycles. Her nephew Thom Loubet (loh-BEHT’) confirmed Saturday she died Friday evening riding her 1996 Honda Magna 750 on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers, just north of New York City.
Thom was a fixture of the women’s movement. She wrote a book about its history and was the editor-in-chief of the Women’s Media Center.
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem says in a statement Thom was the movement’s moral compass.
Loubet says his aunt loved baseball and Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.”
Thom is survived by her sister and other relatives. Her death was first reported by The Journal News.
