Marilyn Yalom (Image credit: Clayman Institute for Gender Research)
Marilyn Yalom, a world-renowned scholar in gender studies and Stanford professor of French and comparative literature, died Nov. 20 at the age of 87. An inspiring female intellectual, Yalom left an indelible mark on her field as she explored thought-provoking subjects that once went unexamined. Marilyn Yalom, a pioneering scholar in gender studies and Stanford professor of French and comparative literature, passed away in Palo Alto on Nov. She was 87. Yalom was a senior scholar at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford, where she served as director from 1984 to 1985. One of America's leading cultural historians, Yalom admired the 18th-century French salon culture where women played a leading role in organizing events of intellectual discourse.
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