Diana Russell

Rest in Paradise, Diana. I am sorry we didn't get better acquainted, but we were both so busy. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the work, all the courageous work you did and all the sacrifices you made for all of us! Much love!

Been many years since our paths crossed but I will always remember our conversations, her love of animals and her larger than life personality. She was always kind and warm towards me. I am grateful to have been in her presence. She breathed life into women's issues and activism. May she rest in peace.

As a newly SF State graduate in 1977, I had the honor to meet and work with Diana during the meetings of the early stages of Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM) in San Francisco, which evolved from the San Francisco Conference on Violence Against Women in December 1976. I was one of those feminists who met weekly to organize and plan action. Diana's knowledge and contributions to those meetings were remarkable. I was totally in awe of her. Many of us looked up to her for...

I am saddened at the news of Diana’s passing. I first met Diana in 1970, in Berkeley, in a Women’s “consciousness-raising” group. She was already an accomplished sociologist and I was a returning student at UC Berkeley, raising 3 young daughters. I was in awe of Diana and her intellect, and was honored to be an interviewee for her book, The Politics of Rape. It was a difficult subject to talk about back then, but she was encouraging and compassionate. We bonded over our mutual disgust...

She was a great inspiration to me. Supported me through the difficult work of setting up Rape Crisis Cape Town. She was with her time, letting me talk about difficulties and challenges for hours and she was so helpful with suggestions and insights. She was a wonderful combination of vulnerability, determination and courage. She simply couldn't believe that after she uncovered and exposed abuse, bullying, exploitation and murder of women, the world didn't immediately take it on and put it...

In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.

I miss my constant comrade in the fight against violence against women and girls. Please note that one of the rape survivors interviewed for Diana Russell's book The Politics of Rape: The Victim's Perspective (1975) responded to the announcement on Berkeleyside (https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/07/30/remembering-diana-e-h-russell-world-renowned-feminist-activist) Thank you, Doris B. for mentioning this groundbreaking book. I am guessing that the great news that this is now available on...

Su legado perdurará para la eternidad. Qué descanse en paz. Estudiaré su obra para las futuras generaciones.

It was a great privilege to have met and worked with Diana Russell back in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Her commitment to working to end violence against women and girls was inspirational as was the energy she gave to this work.