Kathleen L. Barber (1924–2014) was an Americanpolitical scientist and environmental activist. She was a professor atJohn Carroll University nearCleveland, Ohio, and the author of two books onvoting systems.
Barber was originally fromCanton, Ohio,[1] born in 1924.[2] She was an undergraduate atWellesley College, where she graduated in 1944.[1][3] She became a housewife, and raised four children, returning to graduate study only after the youngest reached school age.[3] She earned a master's degree and Ph.D. fromCase Western Reserve University,[1] despite opposition from a faculty member who predicted that "Shaker Heights housewives always drop out".[3]
She became a professor of political science atJohn Carroll University, starting there in 1968, and chaired the department from 1977 until 1985. She retired in 1989,[3] and died on June 25, 2014.[1]
In the 1960s, as a graduate student, Barber became active in the movement to save theShaker Lakes from highway development.[3] These are two reservoirs inShaker Heights, Ohio, formed in the 19th century by damming a local stream. In the 1960s, an extension of theInterstate Highway System named the Clark Highway (to be numbered as I-290) was planned to pass through this area.[4] Barber helped lead the successful campaign to prevent this construction, and became a founder of theNature Center at Shaker Lakes.[3][5] She continued to remain active in local politics into the 1990s.[3]
Barber was elected to theOhio Women's Hall of Fame in 1986. Her biography in the Hall of Fame states that her "work in the fields of education and politics ... made a profound impact in the Cleveland community".[6]
Barber was the author of:
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