Mary E. Cliver

I am proud to say Mary was my mother-in-law. She was one of the most remarkable women I've ever met... always full of news, always full of hope, capable of not only love but outrage over injustice and inequality.

I deeply regret that Mary never got to see the two granddaughters born to our daughter Julia and her husband in London nearly two years ago. But we see Mary clearly when we look in their eyes.
She was hard at work until the end. She called me this summer, in...