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Biography of Maggie Kuhn
Name: Maggie Kuhn
Birth Date: August 3, 1905
Death Date: April 22, 1995
Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, United States of America
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: activist, editor, author
Maggie Kuhn
Maggie Kuhn (1905-1995) became one of the most radical social activists of the last three decades of the 20th century. The Gray Panthers, an organization she helped to found, was instrumental in bringing about significant national reforms, including nursing home reform, the prohibition of forced retirement, and fighting health care fraud.Maggie Kuhn was born on August 3, 1905, in Buffalo, New York. Her family was conservative and middle class. They moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where Kuhn lived from 1916 until 1930. She attended the Western Reserve University's College for Women in Cleveland. Kuhn noted in a 1993 interview with Sandra Erlanger published in CWRU Magazine, that her activism had its beginnings in college. "I think it began with my sociology courses...." said Kuhn. "Sociology, for me, related the community to the individual, and showed us a way to act responsibly in groups." With her sociology class, Kuhn visited jails, sweatshops, and slums. Kuhn described what …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…causes and helped change the way society views old age. Despite a variety of love affairs and two engagements, which she documented in her 1991 autobiography, Kuhn never married. She was the author of several books, including You Can't Be Human Alone, Let's Get Out There and Do Something About Injustice, and Maggie Kuhn on Aging. In 1979, Garson Kanin wrote about Kuhn in Quest magazine. "Those who fired her, fired her into the social atmosphere in the manner of a space missile, propelling her into fame and usefulness and glory." Kuhn died at her home in Philadelphia on April 22, 1995, at the age of 89. Associated Organizations Further Reading Kuhn, Maggie, No Stone Unturned: The Life and Times of Maggie Kuhn, Ballantine, 1991.CWRU Magazine, February 1993.Nation, May 28, 1990; May 29, 1995.New Age Journal, January/February 1989.Witness, May 1990."The Women of The Hall, 1998 Inductees," National Women's Hall of Fame, http://www.greatwomen.org/kuhn.htm (April 8, 1999).
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