We Are Diminished
The lights in San Francisco shine a bit more dimly this morning, as people learn of Barbara Newsom’s passing. Representative to the United Nations, champion of women’s rights, sister-in-law and aunt of a United States Speaker and a San Francisco Mayor, husband to a San Francisco Supervisor, and as Grandma Barbara, founder of the World Explorer’s Club, Barbara strode this earth with confidence, determination, and joie de vivre. Her family is in our thoughts today.
- Belinda Barbara Newsom dies at 73 (Chronicle) 11/24/08
Allie Herson