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Women Who Left Us in 2017

Written by: womenslegacy
Published: December 26, 2017 -- Last Modified: December 26, 2017
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We lost so many strong, even iconic, women in 2017.  And so many of them received little to no public media attention in this year of seemingly non-stop discussion about men.
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Maggie Roche, of the Roche Sisters, left us at age 65 in January.

Here’s the NYT article briefly chronicling her music career.

Mary Tyler Moore

We heard about Mary Tyler Moore’s passing this year, but most coverage reminisced about her roles.  What about the woman who brought those iconic roles to life?  The best short summary I have found is under the subheading The True Legacy of Mary Tyler Moore in Forbes article about her passing.

Kate Millett

Radical feminism, anyone?  Second wave?  Kate Millet was at the front of the wave.  She passed in September.  Her last interview, only 6 days before her death, is in the New Yorker.

Edie Windsor

Edith Windsor, Edie,  brought groundbreaking same-sex marriage case to the Supreme Court, and DOMA, left us in September.  She was 88. I recommend her site for info about DOMA, Edie and Thea, and Their Long Engagement.

Other Inspiring Women Who Passed in 2017

Mary Anderson, Cofounder of REI, with her husband, not only started the business as a cooperative buying/import company when they could not find good mountaineering equipment to support their shared passion for climbing.  The sport and business must have been good to her, she lived to be 107.

Rita Henley Jensen, founder of Women’s eNews and the Jane Crow Project in died in October of breast cancer.  A tribute to her on the site she founded to bring news about women to women and the world on a daily basis discussed the hardships and well earned successes in her life.  Well-worth the read, quite inspiring!

Harriette Thompson, two-time cancer survivor began running marathons at age 76.
She died at age 94 in October.
Nancy Zieman, of Sewing with Nancy also passed on this year.  I am writing a special piece on all she gave to regular women.  It will be published before year’s end.
Who passed on this year that you would like to honor?

Categories: Change, Curate, Featured Stories, Home & Family, Late Boomer, Loss, Mothers & OthersTags: 2017, deaths, Edie Windsor, Harriette Thompson, important women, inspiring women, Kate Millet, Maggie Roche, Mary Anderson, Mary Tyler Moore, Nancy Zieman, obituaries, regular women, Rita Henley Jensen, women who passed in 2017

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  1. Haralee

    December 27, 2017 at 12:18 pm

    I did know about Nancy Zieman. I would look her up with various projects I had going just as a pep talk!

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    • Nancy Hill

      December 27, 2017 at 3:33 pm

      She was so inspiring in so many ways. Pep talks! Yes. She was a walking pep talk.

      Reply
  2. Shari Broder

    December 27, 2017 at 1:56 pm

    You are so right! Thanks for noticing this and bringing it to light!

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    • Nancy Hill

      December 27, 2017 at 3:31 pm

      I think we bloggers and writers need to honor every woman we can, when it fits our topic.

      Reply
  3. Rebecca Forstadt Olkowski

    December 27, 2017 at 4:50 pm

    What a wonderful post. I didn’t know about many of them. I love Harriette Thompson battled cancer twice and lived to be 94 and that Mary Anderson made it to 107 after founding a company based on being in the outdoors. Very cool!

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    • Nancy Hill

      December 27, 2017 at 11:34 pm

      Glad you found it so! Just could not let the year pass without saying good-bye to these great ladies.

      Reply

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