Karen DeCrow was an American attorney, author, activist and feminist.
15 Facts About Karen DeCrow
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Karen DeCrow served as the fourth national president of the National Organization for Women from 1974 to 1977.
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Karen DeCrow was a strong supporter of equal rights for men in child custody decisions, arguing for a "rebuttable presumption" of shared custody after divorce.
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Karen DeCrow asserted that men as well as women should be allowed the decision not to become a parent.
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Karen DeCrow was the oldest child of Samuel Meyer Lipschultz, a businessman, and Juliette Abt Lipschultz, a professional ballet dancer.
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Karen DeCrow graduated from Sullivan High School in 1955 and received a bachelor's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1959.
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Karen DeCrow married Alexander Kolben in 1960 but they divorced five years later.
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Karen DeCrow was remarried the same year, to Roger DeCrow, a computer scientist, and the couple moved to Syracuse, New York.
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Karen DeCrow joined the National Organization for Women in 1967, after she and her female coworkers at a publishing house realized they were earning less than men.
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Karen DeCrow was a co-founder of the Syracuse chapter of NOW and became president in 1968.
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In 1981, Karen DeCrow was one of the lawyers for former NYPD detective Frank Serpico in his unsuccessful attempt to overturn a child support order on the grounds that the mother had deceived him into the pregnancy by lying about taking the contraceptive pill.
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In 1978, Karen DeCrow became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press.
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Karen DeCrow was honored by the American Civil Liberties Union in 1985.
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In 2009, Karen DeCrow was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
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Karen DeCrow died of melanoma on June 6,2014, in Jamesville, New York.