Category Archives: Deaths

Barbara Bader Aldave, 1938-2023

From the University of Oregon, here: Barbara Bader Aldave passed on May 23, 2023, at the age of 84, in Eugene, Oregon. Born December 28, 1938, Aldave earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Stanford University before earning her law … Continue reading

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Memorial Information for Browne Lewis

From the NCCU Chancellor, here: Dear NCCU Community:  A celebration of life ceremony will be held on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at St. Joseph AME Church, 2521 Fayetteville St., Durham, NC, 27707. The viewing will begin at 11 a.m., followed by … Continue reading

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In Memory of Browne Lewis

Browne Lewis, the Dean of NCCU Law, died suddenly while attending a conference on June 2, 2022. Here is the announcement from the NCCU Chancellor: It is with profound sadness that I announce the sudden passing of Atty. Browne C. … Continue reading

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In Memoriam Lani Guinier, 1950-2022

Rest in peace and power, Professor Guinier. You will be missed. The New York Times obituary is here. Harvard’s notice is here.  

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Tribute to Deborah Rhode by Joanna Grossman, Katharine Bartlett & Deborah Brake

Over at Verdict (here), Joanna Grossman (SMU), Kate Bartlett (Duke) and Debbie Brake (Pitt) have posted a beautiful tribute to their friend, colleague and co-author Deborah Rhode, who died earlier this month at the age of 68.  Professors Rhode, Grossman, … Continue reading

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Remembering Deborah Rhode, 1952-2021

Stanford Law School has posted a wonderful tribute here. An excerpt follows: “Deborah was a pioneering woman on the Stanford faculty when she joined the law school in 1979. A beloved teacher and mentor to many, she will be missed by … Continue reading

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In Memoriam: Deborah Rhode

  Via colleagues at Stanford and elsewhere, we have received sad news of the passing of Professor Deborah Rhode.  Professor Rhode was a friend and mentor to so many feminist law professors and others. Here is information from her faculty … Continue reading

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RBG: The Power of Dissent and Telling Her Story

I was in the audience some years ago when Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave an interview during the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting. I also saw her when I attended oral arguments at the Supreme Court. She was … Continue reading

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Stanford Law Library Tribute to Barbara Babcock

The librarians at Stanford have put together a wonderful tribute to Professor Barbara Babcock, here. Here is the short introduction: Professor Barbara Babcock was the first woman appointed to the regular faculty, as well as the first to hold an … Continue reading

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Black Women and Non-Binary Writers Paying Tribute to Toni Morrison #CiteBlackWomen

Dr. Tara L. Conley (Communication, Montclair State) has compiled a list of online essays written by Black women and non-binary writers in tribute to Toni Morrison in the wake of her August 5 death. Dr. Conley’s list is here. She … Continue reading

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In Memoriam: Margo Shire Melli, 1926-2018

From colleagues at Wisconsin, I just learned of the death of Feminist Law Prof Margo Melli (Wisconsin) earlier this year.  Here is an excerpt from her obituary: Marygold “Margo” Shire Melli, age 91, a Voss-Bascom Professor of Law Emerita at … Continue reading

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Canadian Journal of Women and the Law/ Revue Femmes et Droit: Issue on Missing and Murdered Women Indigenous Women Conference/Symposium sur Meurtres et disparitions de femmes et de filles autochotones

Canadian Journal of Women and the Law/Revue Femmes et Droit Volume 28, Issue 2, August 2016 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Conference / Symposium sur Meurtres et disparitions de femmes et de filles autochotones   CJWL online – http://bit.ly/cjwl282 Project … Continue reading

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In Memoriam Pamela Bridgewater, 1969-2014

Feminist Law Prof Pamela Bridgewater has died after a long illness.  Al Brophy has some details here, and there is a lovely remembrance here. May her memory be a blessing. -Bridget Crawford

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In Memory of Jo Ann Harris, 1933-2014

Jo Ann Harris, the first woman to head the DOJ’s criminal division, died yesterday of lung cancer.  Ms. Harris was a visiting scholar at Pace Law School and the architect of our school’s Federal Judicial Honors Program.  Ms. Harris also … Continue reading

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Cheryl Hanna Memorial Page Hosted at Vermont Law School Website

Vermont Law School’s website is hosting a memorial page/on-line “Remembrance Journal” here for Cheryl Hanna: Professor Cheryl Hanna was a beloved teacher and role model to many within and beyond the Vermont Law School community. Her untimely death is a … Continue reading

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In Memory of Cheryl Hanna

Professor Cheryl Hanna (Vermont) has died. Vermont Dean Marc Mihaly sent an email to the Vermont Law School community earlier today.  It stated in part: It is with the most profound sorrow that we announce the untimely death of our … Continue reading

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Death of Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou died today.  Here is an excerpt from her obituary in the New York Times. Maya Angelou, the memoirist and poet whose landmark book of 1969, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” — which describes in lyrical, unsparing … Continue reading

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Death of Karyn Washington

Karyn Washington, founder of the “For Brown Girls” website, has died at age 22.  For those who aren’t familiar with it, the purpose of the website is “to celebrate the beauty of dark skin while combating colorism and promoting self … Continue reading

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In Memoriam: Penelope Pether 1958-2013

Villanova Law Professor Penelope (Penny) Pether died on September 10, 2013. Penelope Pether, 55, of Haverford, a law professor at Villanova University, died Tuesday, Sept. 10, of cancer at Pennsylvania Hospital. Dr. Pether was a widely published legal scholar, specializing … Continue reading

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Death of Cardiss Collins, 1931-2012, Illinois Congressional Representative

The New York Times reports (here) today on the death of Cardiss Collins, “who reluctantly ran for a Chicago Congressional seat left vacant when her husband died in a plane crash and went on to become Illinois’s first black congresswoman, … Continue reading

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In Memory of Gary Munneke, 1947-2012

My Pace Law School colleague Gary Munneke died unexpectedly over the Thanksgiving holiday.  Here is an excerpt from the Law School’s announcement: Professor Munneke was a prolific speaker and writer, authoring law review and journal articles as well as chapters … Continue reading

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In Memory of Shulamith Firestone, 1945-2012

Feminist writer Shulamith Firestone, author of The Dialectic of Sex, died this month.  Here is an excerpt from her obituary published in the New York Times: Shulamith Firestone…was found dead on Tuesday in her apartment in the East Village neighborhood … Continue reading

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In Memory of Aaronette M. White, 1961-2012

Aaronette White (Psychology, UC Santa Cruz) died last week.  She was the author of Dr.  African Americans Doing Feminism: Putting Theory Into Everyday Practice (State University of New York Press, 2010) and Ain’t I a Feminist? African American Men Speak … Continue reading

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Contributions Welcome to Wikipedia Page in Memory and Honor of Ann Scales

From Rebecca Hunter (Harvard, Derek Bok Center), this information about a Wikipedia page in honor of Ann Scales: She was my sister Anne Hunter’s best friend at Wellesley and I met her several times on their adventures.  I have arranged … Continue reading

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In Memory of Ann Scales 1952-2012

From the University of Denver College of Law: University of Denver professor Ann C. Scales died June 24 in Denver Hospice, the result of a brain injury sustained following a fall in her home. She was 60. Scales came to … Continue reading

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In Memory of Ann Scales

Professor Ann Scales died on Sunday, June 24, 2012 after injuries sustained in an accident. May her memory be a blessing. At this time, plans for a memorial service are tentative.  I will post any information I receive. -Bridget Crawford

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Death of Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich died this afternoon.  Here is her preliminary obituary from the LA Times: Adrienne Rich, a pioneering feminist poet and essayist who challenged what she considered to be the myths of the American dream, has died. She was 82. … Continue reading

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In Memory of Jane Larson 1958-2011

Professor Jane Larson died December 24, 2011, at her home in Madison, Wisconsin. She was a noted feminist legal historian on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Law School. Colleagues around the country are expressing their shock and sorrow … Continue reading

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Remembering Paula E. Hyman, 1946-2011

Over at the Jewish Daily Forward, Deborah Dash Moore writes a moving remembrance of historian Paula Hyman, who died today.  Professor Hyman was the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Modern Jewish History at Yale University and the author of The Jewish … Continue reading

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Death of Derrick Bell

The NYT obituary is here. May his memory be a blessing.  May he rest in peace. -Bridget Crawford

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Death of Sara Ruddick

Professor Sara Ruddick (Philosophy, New School) died last month.  Here is a portion of her obituary from the New York Times. Sara Ruddick, whose 1989 book, “Maternal Thinking: Toward a Politics of Peace,” laid the groundwork for a feminist approach … Continue reading

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Geraldine Ferraro Dies at Age 75

The NYT has the story here. Ms. Ferraro was the first woman nominated by a major party as a Vice Presidential candidate.  She was Walter Mondale’s running mate in 1984. However flawed that campaign and candidacy, as a young teenager, I … Continue reading

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Irene Merker Rosenberg, 1939-2010

We have received the sad news of the passing of Professor Irene Merker Rosenberg, Royce R. Till Professor Emerita of Law at the University of Houston Law Center, on November 17, 2010. She was born in the Bronx, New York … Continue reading

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Margaret A. Berger, 1932-2010

Professor Margaret A. Berger (Brooklyn) died last week.  A member of the Brooklyn Law School faculty since 1973, Professor Berger  was an evidence law expert.  Her specialty was scientific evidence, especially DNA.  Margaret Berger attended Columbia Law School and had … Continue reading

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Suicide of Joseph Jefferson: No More Suicides; Shalom Now

Via The Advocate (here), news (from here) of another suicide by a young gay man. There is very unfortunate news today as yet another young gay man has taken his own life. Twenty-six-year-old Joseph Jefferson of Brooklyn, New York reportedly … Continue reading

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In Memory of Harry E. White, Jr.

Harry E. White, Jr., a former tax partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, died on July 23, 2010.  He was a friend and mentor.  Harry was one of the few people I have ever met who really, really … Continue reading

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The Examined Life at Age 8 or 98: Dorothy Height Rest in Peace

The New York Times reported today that Dorothy Height, Activist, Educator, Civil Rights Leader, and quintessential black feminist, has died at the age of 98. You can read the NYT obituary of Dorothy Height here. Miss Height (and she was … Continue reading

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