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Gertrude Ezorsky
July 5, 1926 – April 19, 2019
“Most of us prefer to think that left on our own, we make objective choices. But what is the likelihood that any of us could have been so lucky, morally speaking, as to escape the mark of social prejudice?”
Professor emerita in the philosophy departments of Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Active member of the City University of New York’s Women’s Coalition in the 1970s.

More About Gertrude:
- Obituary
- Crime and Justice in America, by Gertrude Ezorsky, 1977
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 139