Gillespie, Cynthia K., 1941-
Variant namesBorn 1941. Feminist activist, attorney, author. Founder and first Executive Director of Northwest Women's Law Center, Seattle, 1978-1980. A practicing attorney with emphasis on family law and women's rights, Gillespie became an expert on battered women and authored a book, "Justifiable Homicide," in 1989. She was at work on a book on pornography and violence at the time of her death from cancer in early 1993 in Seattle.
From the guide to the Cynthia K. Gillespie papers, 1979-1992, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections)
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