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Catharine MacKinnon

1946 - Today

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Catharine Alice MacKinnon (born October 7, 1946) is an American feminist legal scholar, activist, and author. She is the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, where she has been tenured since 1990, and the James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. From 2008 to 2012, she was the special gender adviser to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. As an expert on international law, constitutional law, political and legal theory, and jurisprudence, MacKinnon focuses on women's rights and sexual abuse and exploitation, including sexual harassment, rape, prostitution, sex trafficking and pornography. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Catharine MacKinnon is the 124th most popular social activist (up from 406th in 2019), the 1,269th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,912th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Catharine MacKinnon ranks 124 out of 840. Before her are Vesna Vulović, Pier Gerlofs Donia, Edmond James de Rothschild, Rashid ad-Din Sinan, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, and René Cassin. After her are Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, William Luther Pierce, Susan B. Anthony, Georgy Gapon, Kang Pan-sok, and Alexander Parvus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Catharine MacKinnon ranks 99. Before her are Gilbert O'Sullivan, Gerard 't Hooft, Birutė Galdikas, John C. Mather, Ahmed Zewail, and Brian Cox. After her are Daniel Libeskind, Frank Marshall, Lasse Hallström, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Jochen Mass, and John Paul Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Catharine MacKinnon ranks 1,269 out of 20,380. Before her are Mickey Rourke (1952), Robert Vaughn (1932), Burt Young (1940), Winona Ryder (1971), Robert Smith (1757), and Philip Zimbardo (1933). After her are Rey Mysterio (1974), Billy Joel (1949), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), Ray Tomlinson (1941), Stan Getz (1927), and John Belushi (1949).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Catharine MacKinnon ranks 17. Before her are Jody Williams (1950), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), Jane Addams (1860), Lee Radziwill (1933), John Brown (1800), and Betty Ford (1918). After her are William Luther Pierce (1933), Susan B. Anthony (1820), Bugsy Siegel (1906), Cesar Chavez (1927), George Stinney (1929), and Frances Willard (1839).

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