From NBC News : Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a pioneering Black feminist, child welfare advocate and activist who co-founded Ms. Magazine with Glo...

From Hurryet Daily News : One of the most important figures in the archaeology world, Istanbul University’s retired academic Professor H...

From Philly dot com : Maria Rosa Menocal, 59, formerly of Philadelphia, a Yale University professor and scholar who studied the interacti...

From the Telegraph : She was known for her many studies of Anglo-Norman history, including, most notably, her mighty six-volume edition ...

From JTA : Noted Jewish feminist Paula Hyman, who served as the first female dean of the Seminary College of Jewish Studies at the Jewish Th...

From the Telegraph : Diane Cilento, the actress, who died on Thursday aged 78, appeared in films, television shows and stage productions, bu...

From Christian Post : Annette Charles, best known for her role as Cha Cha DiGregorio in “Grease,” has died at the age of 63. Her death comes...

From LA Times : Nan Robertson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter who brought distinction and change to her newspaper through ...

Wonderful tribute to a woman who did much to pioneer the study of women in India. Obituary @ Foreign Policy Association website: Dr. Neera ...

From the Times Online : The life of the actress Ruth Ford might aptly be called Upper West Side Story. During her long residence in the Dako...

The New York Times notes the passing of this amazing woman: Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a member of one of the most prominent families in Ameri...

Some recent losses of notable women as appeared @ Times Online: Jean Lawrie : "Jean Lawrie campaigned for improved working conditions f...

From The Age : Patricia Crawford, a pioneering historian and author whose seminal work in revealing fresh insights into 17th-century England...

From the Times Online : Kamala Das was one of India’s finest authors, the mother of modern English Indian poetry, and the first Hindu woman ...

A number of notable women passed this January. Here are just a few: Helen Suzman - anti-apatheid activist Maria de Jesus - world's old...