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whistler162

(11,155 posts) Fri Jun 6, 2014, 05:36 PM Jun 2014

Karen Decrow has passed away

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/06/karen_decrow_dead_former_now_leader_and_feminist_lawyer.html

Heard this on the way home.

"Syracuse, N.Y. -- Karen DeCrow, a nationally recognized lawyer, author and leader of the women's movement, died today.

DeCrow, 76, of Jamesville, died at home at 6 a.m. after an extended illness, according to long-time friend Rowena Malamud, president of the Greater Syracuse chapter of the National Organization for Women.

"She was one of my heroes," Malamud said."