Women’s Rights – MOSAEC

Karen Durbin, 80, Dies; ‘Fearless’ Feminist Who Edited The Village Voice

Alig, Michael Barrett, Wayne Carr, Cynthia Deaths (Obituaries) Durbin, Karen Finley, Karen Gottlieb, Martin New York Times News and News Media Newspapers Romano, Tricia Village Voice Willis, Ellen Women's Rights

Karen Durbin, 80, Dies; ‘Fearless’ Feminist Who Edited The Village Voice

A fierce advocate of sexual liberation, she pushed the alternative weekly to cover women’s issues, as well as gay rights and avant-garde culture.

By Sam Roberts

Eunice Golden, Artist Who Mapped the Male Nude, Dies at 98

Art Deaths (Obituaries) Golden, Eunice Mitchell Algus Gallery (Manhattan, NY) Neel, Alice Nudism and Nudity Penis Weissman, Walter (1947- ) Westbeth Artists Housing (Manhattan, NY) Women and Girls Women's Rights

Eunice Golden, Artist Who Mapped the Male Nude, Dies at 98

Like many feminist artists, she took the body as her subject. But while others were exploring their own bodies, she painted the male anatomy.

By Penelope Green

Overlooked No More: Katharine McCormick, Force Behind the Birth Control Pill

Biographical Information Birth Control and Family Planning Deaths (Obituaries) McCormick, Katharine (1875-1967) Philanthropy Research Sanger, Margaret Women and Girls Women's Rights

Overlooked No More: Katharine McCormick, Force Behind the Birth Control Pill

She used her wealth strategically to expand opportunities for women, underwriting the development of the pill and supporting the suffrage movement.

By Katharine Q. Seelye

Linda Williams, Who Introduced Pornography to Academia, Dies at 78

Books and Literature Colleges and Universities Deaths (Obituaries) Feminist Film Theory Film Studies Movies Pornography University of California, Berkeley Williams, Linda (1946-2025) Women's Rights

Linda Williams, Who Introduced Pornography to Academia, Dies at 78

One of the first to write seriously about a fraught subject, she also played a major role in developing the field of film studies and feminist film theory.

By Joanne Kaufman