Carolyn-Heilbrun-Obituary

Carolyn G. Heilbrun

New York, New York

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HEILBRUN-Carolyn G. On Thursday, October 9, 2003, died suddenly at home. Age 78. Renowned feminist scholar and author, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities Emeritus at Columbia University, and mystery writer under the name Amanda Cross; past president of the Modern Language Association,...

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I've been reading Amanda Cross and Carolyn Heilbrun for twenty years and teaching her books on women writers to the next generation of feminists for almost that long. Besides her courage and wit, I most admire Prof. Heilbrun's directness and clarity. Just recently, I have been re-reading her honest and funny insights on women and aging, women "at the threshold." They give me scholarly information, but more importantly, as a women in midlife, they give me personal fulfillment. Her Last Gift of...