Margit Slachta
Margit Slachta SSS | |
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Margin Slachta dressed in the SSS habit | |
| Born | September 18, 1884 |
| Died | January 6, 1974 (aged 89) Buffalo, New York, USA |
| Other name | Margit Schlachta |
| Occupation | Sisters of Social Service |
| Known for | Political action, Social work |
| Righteous Among the Nations |
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Margit Slachta, SSS (or Schlachta; September 18, 1884 – January 6, 1974) was a Hungarian Catholic religious sister, social activist, politician, and member of parliament of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1920 she was the first woman to be elected to the Diet of Hungary, and in 1923 she founded the Sisters of Social Service, a Catholic religious institute for women.