
Shane Snowdon
Cognoscenti contributor
Shane Snowdon, who edited the Boston-based feminist journal "Sojourner" in the 1980s, was inspired by Bella Abzug to become a full-time advocate for LGBTQ+ issues. She is a lecturer at George Washington University, and a Health Policy and Management Associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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I worked for feminist icon Bella Abzug. Now I tell my students: ‘If you like RBG, you’ll love Bella’
Bella Abzug is the focus of a new episode of PBS’s “American Masters.” Shane Snowdon says the attention is long overdue -- she worked with the politician and activist once...

20 Years Ago, I Accidentally Struck And Killed A Cyclist
No destination, no text, no drink, writes Shane Snowdon, is worth knowing that you have killed another human.