on the radar: Remembering Great Women
2.23.06 | In the past year, we've lost several truly remarkable leaders. Here are the Ms. Magazine and MsMagazine.com tributes to these inspiring figures.
Feminist Daily News Obituary
Remembrance by Eleanor Smeal, former NOW president and publisher of Ms., on her blog The Smeal Report
Remembrance by Katherine Spillar, executive editor of Ms., with recollections and comments from Ms. community members
Feminist Daily News Obituary
Personal Reflections by Eleanor Smeal, at The Smeal Report blog
A Prayer for Coretta Scott King, submitted by a Ms. community member
photo: The King Center
Feminist Daily News Obituary
A Remembrance by Eleanor Smeal, at The Smeal Report blog
Read "The Booming Voice of Molly Yard," by Jeanne K. C. Clark in the winter 2006 issue of Ms., on newsstands now
Feminist Daily News Obituary
First woman to lie in state in the US Capitol Rotunda
photo: AP archives
Feminist Daily News Obituary
Obituary from the archives of ms.musings, a Ms. Magazine blog
photo: Arlie Scott for PBS's POV series
Feminist Daily News Obituary
Personal Reflections on the Life of Wendy Wasserstein, by Cynthia Samuels
Feminist Daily News Obituary
photo: The National Congress of Black Women
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CORETTA SCOTT KING (1927 - 2006)
ROSA PARKS (1913 - 2005)
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM (1924 - 2005)
WENDY WASSERSTEIN (1950 - 2006)
C. DeLORES TUCKER (1927 - 2005)