Rita Arditti

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I am writing this on the behalf of her friend Vivien from Miami

I was very sad to read in yesterday's Boston Globe that Rita had died. I have fond memories of her at New Words events, and if I saw any article on any subject written by her, I would make a point of reading it. Many years ago, I brought my mother, who also fought cancer for many years, to a meeting of the Women's Community Cancer Project at the Women's Center, in Cambridge, and we both learned a lot, and benefited from this meeting. Rita's life was an inspiration. May her memory be a blessing.

My first encounter with Rita was at a conference in Boston in the early 80's. She spoke about reproductive technologies. I still remember her talk as one of the very
strongest I've ever heard. At a time when I found some feminist speakers sticking to a tired party line, I found Rita's talk intellectually and morally fresh and rigorous. And as a small, Jewish woman myself, I was inspired by how powerful her voice was.
Though I never got to know her well, I always enjoyed seeing...

I feel blessed to have known Rita, and am deeply saddened by her passing. My condolences to her sisters Edith and Alicia, whom I have had the pleasure of meeting in Buenos Aires, and to her loving partner Estelle.
Rita's life was a light to humanity, and a source of pride to Sephardic people everywhere.
Rachel Amado Bortnick
Dallas

Federico: Jon and I are so sorry that Rita has died. We were closem for many years: conversation was never dull and raising "you kids" was fun when we got together. I have some nice snapshots of those times.

Rita's co-founding of New Words was so important to the women's movement, and her book on the children of Argentina's disappeared reached people who might not otherwise have known about that terrible (and, in terms of persistent political action, wonderful) reality. I'm glad...

Desde de Buenos Aires tu hermana Edith, triste te lleva en su corazon para siempre .

Desde de Buenos Aires tu hermana Edith, triste te lleva en su corazon para siempre .

I am so sad that we have lost Rita! She was a wonderful friend and comrade to me and so many others. I met Rita in a class in interviewing skills, as she was preparing to do her work with the Mothers of the Disappeared. Later, I heard her speak at a rally for breast cancer, where her focus was on the links better breast cancer and environmental contamination. She was so passionate, and clear, and what she said was so important, I went up to her afterward and said "Rita, you must write an...