She founded and directed the women's studies program at American University (AU).
[3] She graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, where she also gained her PhD.
She married Joel M. Cantor (died 1988), who worked as a government psychologist.
[4] Cantor lectured at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles before joining American University in 1968.
[1] At the time of her death Cantor had been elected president of Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS).