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Barbara Brenner (October 7, 1951 - May 10, 2013) was an American breast cancer activist, after activist and legal work on several other causes, including anti-Vietnam War activism, women's rights, civil rights, and employment discrimination. She led the organization Breast Cancer Action, which critiqued orthodoxy regarding the cancer, with which she had been diagnosed in 1993 and 1996. She was partners for 38 years with Suzanne Lampert, her partner since graduate school at Princeton University. She died at the age of 61 on May 10, 2013.

Notes

1. ^ Denise Grady, "Barbara Brenner, Breast Cancer Iconoclast, Dies at 61" (obituary), The New York Times, May 20, 2013.
2. David-Elijah Nahmod, "Former BCA ED Barbara Brenner dies", Bay Area Reporter, May 16, 2013.
3. Caitlin C., "In Memoriam: Barbara A. Brenner, 1951-2013", Breast Cancer Action, May 11, 2013.

External links

• SF Chronicle obituary
• Sjoholm, Barbara (Editor) (2016). So Much To Be Done: The Writings of Breast Cancer Activist Barbara Brenner. University of Minnesota Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-8166-9944-5

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