Howe, Ruth-Arlene W. , 1933-
Dates
- Existence: 1933 November 21-
Biographical note
Boston College professor emerita Ruth-Arlene (Wood) Howe earned degrees from Wellesley College (BA, 1955), Simmons College (MSW, 1957), and Boston College (JD, 1974). Early in her professional life, she worked as a psychiatric social worker (1957-1961), was active with the Boston League of Women Voters (1963-1968), and taught courses in social work at Simmons College (1970-1978). Howe joined the Massachusetts Bar in 1977. She taught at Boston College Law School from 1977 through her retirement in 2009, with successive promotions from visiting professor, to assistant professor, to tenured associate professor, and full professor in 1998, becoming the first Black woman to hold that rank at Boston College Law School. Howe's scholarship focused on children and family law, while her Boston College service included faculty advisor to the Boston College chapter of the Black Law Students Association, founding member and treasurer of the Boston College Law School Black Alumni Network, and the founding faculty advisor to the Third World Law Journal (now part of the Boston College Law Review). Howe was named professor emerita in 2009. In 2017, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association.
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Ruth-Arlene Howe papers
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