Say Her Name: Law and Activism at the Intersection of Race and Gender
In 1989 Professor Kline published her article “Race, Racism and Feminist Legal Theory” in the Harvard Women’s Law Journal. With that article, she helped to open up discussion of the ways in which the voices of Black women and our understandings and experiences of inequality were marginalized within feminist legal theorizing. Her stated goal was to “examine interaction and interconnection among the elements of race, gender, class, sexual orientation, and other differentiating characteristics in women's lives.” We now have a term for Professor Kline’s scholarly focus coined at around the same time that her article was published - intersectionality. Professor Kline was a pioneer in championing a more inclusive and nuanced analysis of the law and its impact on all women’s lives. In her remarks, Dean Young will reflect on the impact and promises of an intersectional approach to law and social activism.
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The Marlee Kline Social Justice Lecture honours the memory of Marlee Gayle Kline. This lectureship not only recognizes Marlee's rich contribution to the law school community but also reflects her belief in the central role social justice concerns must play in legal education and law. Professor Kline died in 2001 after a lengthy and determined struggle with leukemia. Her work on feminist legal theory, critical race theory, child welfare law and policy, law's continued colonialism, and the restructuring of the social welfare state is internationally acclaimed. A list of past Marlee Kline Social Justice Lectures is available.
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