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Barbara Brenner

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American activist

United StatesActivistsLived 1951 to 2013 · aged 61
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Barbara Brenner was an American breast cancer activist, after activist and legal work on several other causes, including anti-Vietnam War activism, women's rights, civil rights, and employment discrimination.

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The Smith College Medal

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Barbara Brenner was an American breast cancer activist, after activist and legal work on several other causes, including anti-Vietnam War activism, women's rights, civil rights, and employment discrimination. She led the organization Breast Cancer Action, which critiqued orthodoxy regarding the cancer, with which she had been diagnosed in 1993 and 1996. She was partners for 38 years with Suzanne Lampert, her partner since graduate school at Princeton University. She died at the age of 61 on May 10, 2013.

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United States
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Activists
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Activist
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deceased
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Lived 1951 to 2013 · aged 61
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