Barbara Brenner

Barbara Brenner

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1952 - 2013

Occupation

Activist, Medicine

Description

Breast cancer activist. Co-founder and Executive Director, Breast Cancer Action (1995-2010), a group with 50,000 members that advocates for increased research on the issue. Blogged at 'Healthy Barbs'. Subject of the book 'So Much to be Done: The Writings of Breast Cancer Activist Barbara Brenner' (2016). Lawyer.

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/us/barbara-brenner-breast-cancer-iconoclast-dies-at-61.html?_r=0
• http://barbarabrenner.net/?p=819
• http://bcaction.org/2013/05/11/in-memoriam-barbara-a-brenner-1951-2013/

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