Dorothy Kenyon  1888-1972

A New York attorney, judge, feminist and political activist in support of civil liberties. During the era of McCarthyite persecution, she was accused of being affiliated with 28 communist front organizations. Kenyon was a charismatic speaker, and she regularly travelled throughout the U.S. lecturing about civil liberties, the law, and women's equality. When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote her brief on Reed v. Reed in 1971, extending equal protection to women via the 14th amendment, she added Kenyon as a co-author in recognition of her debt to Kenyon’s work.

Short-billed Dowitcher populations have declined between 15% and 50% from 1970 to 2015.