Mary Thom (June 3, 1944 – April 26, 2013)[1] was an American feminist, writer, and editor.

[5] Thom entered graduate school in 1966 at Columbia University, in pursuit of a PhD in European history but left in 1968 after the tumultuous student strike that began there in April, 1968.

[5] After leaving Columbia, Thom stayed in Manhattan, and for the next three years, worked as an associate editor at Facts on File and, in 1971, volunteered for the newly founded National Women's Political Caucus.

[3] At the time of her death, she was an editor-in-chief of the Women's Media Center, a think-tank group.

[2] Thom had picked up her 1996 Honda Magna 750 from winter storage when she veered into traffic upon entering a highway.

[2] The Women's Media Center now sponsors the Mary Thom Art of Editing Award.