Margaret Traxler
Margaret Traxler (born March 11, 1924 in Saint Paul , Minnesota , † February 12, 2002 in Mankato , Minnesota ) was an American Roman Catholic theologian .
Life
Traxler graduated from St Catherine's College , Oxford and the University of Notre Dame, and entered the Roman Catholic Order of the Poor School Sisters of Notre Dame . She was on the first line of the Selma-to-Montgomery marches in Selma , where she sang songs like We Shall Overcome with other nuns and Martin Luther King . In the 1970s she took part in the peace talks in Paris at the end of the Vietnam War and helped with the NCCIJ's Citizen's Task Force of Inquiry Regarding Civil Liberties in Belfast .
She was a co-founder of the National Coalition of American Nuns . In 1984 she signed the A Catholic Statement on Pluralism and Abortion campaign that appeared in the New York Times .
Works (selection)
Literature (selection)
- Robert McClory, "The Church, Abortion, and Sister Margaret Traxler." Chicago 34 (December 1985); 199, 230-232, pages 247-252
- "The Anger of Sister Margaret Traxler." De Tijd, March 28, 1987, pp. 28-33
- Tim Unsworth, "Margaret Traxler, SSND: 'We want to be a Part, not Apart.'" In Catholics on the Edge (New York: Crossroad, 1995), pp. 101-111.
Web links
- StarTribune: Obituary for Margaret Traxler
- Chicago Tribune: Obituary for Sister Margaret Traxler, 77, "Activist now founded shelters"
- Chicago Tribune: Like A Sister, "Margaret Traxler Shelters Hope In Poor Women's Souls"
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Traxler, Margaret |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Paul , Minnesota |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 2002 |
| Place of death | Mankato , Minnesota |