Christine Lunardini, a women’s advocate and author of seven books on women’s history, died of congestive heart failure Nov. 23, 2017, at age 76.
Lunardini graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1975. She earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. degree in history from Princeton in 1978 and 1981, respectively.
In addition to her books on women’s history, she was regarded as a leading biographer of Alice Paul, who had often been overlooked for her key role in the women’s suffrage movement. Lunardini also taught at Princeton, Barnard College, and Pace University.
Lunardini was described as a “passionate, funny, and sometimes irascible advocate for women and underdogs everywhere in her work and life.” She resided in Manhattan for most of her adult life and was a loving and constant presence for nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, and three godchildren. Late in life she moved to California to be closer to her younger sister and her family.
Predeceased by two brothers and a sister, she is survived by a sister; two brothers; many nieces and nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews; and her godchildren.
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