# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/catherine-shipe-east
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:04:22.124Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/catherine-shipe-east"
name: "Catherine Shipe East"
slug: "catherine-shipe-east"
description: "Catherine Shipe East was a U.S. government researcher and feminist referred to as \"the midwife to the women's movement\". She was a powerful force behind the founding of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and held several influential federal government positions throughout her career."
tagline: "American government researcher and feminist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Catherine_Shipe_East.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1916-05-15"
deathDate: "1996-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.89
  momentum:             8.571428571428571
  historical:           5.870122666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Shipe_East"
    title: "Catherine Shipe East"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "كاثرين شيبي إيست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Shipe_East"
    title: "Catherine Shipe East"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BF_%D0%86%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Кетрін Шайп Іст"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_East"
    title: "Catherine East"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Shipe_East"
    title: "Catherine Shipe East"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5052921"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump