In Remembrance: Marilyn Yalom
Adrian Daub, the current director of the Clayman Institute, said, “Marilyn Yalom was instrumental to what was first CROW (Stanford’s Center for Research on Women) and later the Clayman Institute for virtually the entirety of its existence. She served as the institute’s director from 1984 to 1985 and was also a prolific and beloved institute senior scholar.
Daub, a professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature, added, “Beyond her important institutional work at Stanford, Marilyn’s books have had an immense reach and resonance. I note that two days after her death, Marilyn’s book A History of the Breast was cited extensively in an article in the New York Times – in an article on Instagram, of all things. It’s a sign that Marilyn Yalom’s work continues to resonate and will for decades to come.”
Read more about Yalom in these obituaries:
- Stanford News: Marilyn Yalom, groundbreaking gender studies scholar, dies at 87
- Washington Post: Marilyn Yalom, who wrote histories of the wife, the female breast and the chess queen, dies at 87
- New York Times: Marilyn Yalom, Feminist Author and Historian, Is Dead at 87
- Ms. Magazine: Feminist author, academic and historian Marilyn Yalom died on Nov. 20 at 87