Jewish Women on the Map - Harvard Law School

Location

Harvard Law School
1563 Massachusetts Avenue
2138 Cambridge, MA
United States

The President and Fellows of Harvard University appointed Martha Minow Dean of the Law School on July 1, 2009.  A founding member of the Jewish Women's Archive, Prof. Minow succeeded Elena Kagan, who was confirmed as Solicitor General of the United States on March 19, 2009, thus becoming the second Jewish woman to hold this office.

See also:  "Martha Minow appointed Dean of Harvard Law School", This Week in History; "Mazel Tov, Martha Minow", Jewesses with Attitude

Type: 
Birthplace/home/school/workplace of a history maker
Rights: 
Creative Commons (attribution)

Submitted by

Stephen

Discuss

Do you have updates to this article? Links to online resources of interest? Are there other areas for this article that you feel should be mentioned, or mentioned in more detail? Let us know.

Post new comment

How to cite this page

Jewish Women's Archive. "Harvard Law School." (Viewed on May 23, 2013) <http://jwa.org/onthemap/harvard-law-school>.