Draft:Kathleen Ridolfi

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Kathleen M. "Cookie" Ridolfi is a Professor Emerita at Santa Clara University School of Law, cofounder of the Northern California Innocence Project, and political activist.[1] Ridolfi was a member of the Camden 28, a group of Catholic leftist activists who launched a raid on a draft board in Camden, New Jersey to protest the Vietnam War.[2]

Early Life and Education

Ridolfi was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she attended St. Maria Goretti Catholic High School.[3] It was during her time at St. Maria Goretti that she made connections which drew her to the Catholic Left after her graduation.[3]

She earned a B.A. from Rutgers University, and in 1982 she earned a J.D., also from Rutgers University.[3]



References

  1. ^ "Kathleen M. Ridolfi". Santa Clara Law. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  2. ^ Charlton, Linda (August 23, 1971). "Militant Youths Are Old in Fight on War". The New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Nickerson, Michelle (2021). "The Camden 28: Fratres Sororesque in Pace (Brothers and Sisters in Peace)". In Dochuk, Darren (ed.). Religion and Politics Beyond the Culture Wars: New Directions in a Divided America. University of Notre Dame Press. pp. 244–266.