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About Ramona Ann Ripston
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramona_Ripston
Ramona Ripston served as the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU/SC) between 1972 and 2011.[1][2] In her 38 years at the helm of ACLU/SC, Ripston has helped bring about substantial reforms in the region.[3] She is married to Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the US 9th Circuit Court.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/18/obituaries/ramona-ripston-dead.html
By the time they got around to asking what her priorities in the office would be, she hesitated only briefly before telling them point blank: “I’m going to change the board so that unfair questions like this don’t get asked again.”
Despite her bluntness, or perhaps because of it, she got the job, becoming the first woman — and one of the few non-lawyers — to head an A.C.L.U affiliate. She went on to lead the affiliate for almost four decades, overhauling it into a crusading organization that broadened its scope beyond civil liberties to encompass matters of racial and economic justice.
And as promised, she diversified the board, initially helping bring in more women and later, people of color and gays.
Ms. Ripston, who had been in failing health for several months, died on Nov. 3 in Marina del Rey, said Hector Villagra, her successor as executive director of the A.C.L.U. of Southern California. She was 91.
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Ramona Ann Ripston's Timeline
| 1927 |
February 18, 1927
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Queens, Queens County, New York, United States
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| 1957 |
May 29, 1957
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New York, New York, United States
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| 2018 |
November 3, 2018
Age 91
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Los Angeles County, California, United States
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