Holly Maguigan, Who Fought for the Rights of Battered Women, Dies at 78
Through her scholarship and her teaching, she made it possible for women in abusive relationships to claim self-defense when fighting back.
Source: nytimes.com
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Through her scholarship and her teaching, she made it possible for women in abusive relationships to claim self-defense when fighting back.
As a lawyer and professor at New York University's law school, she helped dramatically broaden protections for domestic violence victims who act against their abusers.