Charlotte Conant Leland

Charlotte Conant Leland, 78, died due to Alzheimer's related illness on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at Carrboro Senior Living Center in Carrboro, NC.
Born in Boston, she was a long- time resident of Cohasset and Scituate, MA. She was a graduate of Abbot Academy and Boston University. Due to childhood-related medical negligence, Ms. Leland was plagued with mobility challenges and physical pain throughout her life. Despite these challenges, she was committed to making a difference in the world and worked as a social worker and on a wide variety of causes, including the Civil Rights movement, women's issues, environmental causes, human rights issues, and local, state and national politics. Ms. Leland was the daughter of the late Lucille Conant Leland and Edmund Francis Leland, Jr.
She is survived by her daughter, Lisa Hamill; a grandson, Ian Slade; a granddaughter, Lauren Slade, all of Chapel Hill, NC; a sister, Suzanne LeFeber of Milwaukee, WI; a brother, Edmund Leland, III of North Andover, MA; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The following quote from Haile Selassie exemplifies how she lived her life: "Throughout history it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph."
Expressions of sympathy in Ms. Leland's memory may be made to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 434 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001, or to the Alzheimer's Association, 225 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60601-7633, (800) 272-3900.
A private memorial service will be held at the Old Ship Church in Hingham, MA at a future time and date to be announced.