Barbara Brenner (October 7, 1951 - May 10, 2013) was an American

breast cancer Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a Breast lump, lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, Milk-rejection sign, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipp ...

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, after activist and legal work on several other causes, including anti-Vietnam War activism,

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, and

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.Denise Grady
"Barbara Brenner, Breast Cancer Iconoclast, Dies at 61"
(obituary), ''

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'', May 20, 2013. She led the organization

Breast Cancer Action Breast Cancer Action (BCAction) is a U.S.-based grassroots education and activist organization driven by and supporting people living with breast cancer. It was founded in 1990 by Elenore Pred, Susan Claymon, Belle Shayer, and Linda Reyes. Based ...

, 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

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. She died at the age of 61 on May 10, 2013.Caitlin C.
"In Memoriam: Barbara A. Brenner, 1951-2013"
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'', May 11, 2013 in

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External links

SF Chronicle obituary
* Sjoholm, Barbara (Editor) (2016). ''So Much To Be Done: The Writings of Breast Cancer Activist Barbara Brenner''.

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