Barbara Brenner, Breast Cancer Activist, 1951-2013

Lawyer and activist Barbara Brenner led the organization Breast Cancer Action to national prominence, demanding not just “awareness” of the disease but research into causes and prevention. Although she overcame breast cancer herself, she died last week from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at age 61. Barbara Brenner put up her final Healthy Barbs blog post […]