Georgianna Brennan

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Georgianna Alexandra Franklin Brennan is a former journalist. Brennan is the daughter-in-law of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Joseph Brennan, Jr. and the wife of the late New Jersey assistant general William Joseph Brennan III. She worked as a features writer for the Newark Star Ledger in Newark, New Jersey and served as the newspaper's society editor. [1]

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Early life and education

Brennan graduated from the Beard School (now the Morristown-Beard School) in Orange, New Jersey. She studied in Italy and France after earning her bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. [2] During her years at the college, New Jersey Governor Robert Meyner crowned her as the state's first debutante queen. [3] She represented New Jersey at the first annual American Debutane's Ball at the Miami Biltmore Hotel in Miami, Florida. [4]

Characterization of Justice Brennan

In 2010, Brennan challenged the Irish ethnic stereotypes attributed to her father-in-law and others while speaking at a panel discussion hosted by the Newark Historical Society. She described him as a hardworking man who had made hard sacrifices to pursue his lifelong goal of social justice. Brennan said that he had to borrow from friends to help pay for his children's college education. [5]

Family

Brennan married William J. Brennan III in her parents' home in South Orange, New Jersey on September 10, 1960. [6] They had one son, William J. Brennan IV. [7] She also had a daughter, Alexandra Vera Brennan, who died in 2004.

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References

  1. "New York's Voice of Broadway". The Pocono Record. June 22, 1970. p. 5.
  2. "Miss Franklin, W. J. Brennan 3d, Will Be Married; Feature Writer Financee of Son of a Supreme Court Justice". The New York Times. April 3, 1960.
  3. "Debutante Queen". The Toledo Blade. December 10, 1954.
  4. "She'll Be There". The Edwardsville Intelligencer. December 17, 1954.
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  6. Stern, Seth; Wermiel, Stephen (2010). "Cold War". Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion .
  7. Saxon, Wolfgang (May 21, 2004). "W. J. Brennan III, 71, Leader Of New Jersey Bar Association". The New York Times.