Kathy Boudin, a 1960s radical who was a member of the militant leftist group Weather Underground and imprisoned for her involvement in a fatal robbery, has died at the age of 78, according to her son, Chesa Boudin, San Francisco's District Attorney.
Boudin died on Sunday with Chesa and her life partner, David Gilbert, by her side, according to a statement from Columbia University's Center for Justice, which she co-founded. She had been battling cancer for many years.In 1981, Boudin and Gilbert participated in the robbery of an armored Brinks truck in Nyack, New York, because they were trying to raise money for Black revolutionary organizations, the statement said.
"She became a leading advocate for women in prison, fighting for the reunification of imprisoned women and their children, bringing college courses back to Bedford Hills after the termination of Pell grants, and building a community response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, saving countless lives."Kathy Boudin, center, with her son Chesa Boudin and life partner David Gilbert .
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