Kimberlé Crenshaw

Crenshaw is, to me, a rare scholar whose ideas escaped the academy and entered everyday language. Coining intersectionality was not just a clever term; it gave shape to harms that had no name, and that act of naming is quietly revolutionary. I admire that her work never stayed abstract. From Ohio to UCLA and Columbia, she has insisted that race and gender be understood together rather than as separate boxes. You can debate how her ideas are applied, but the underlying insight feels durable. The Gittler Prize was earned. I find her clarity and persistence genuinely impressive.

Name (English)

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Name (Japanese)

キンバリー・クレンショー

Reading

きんばりー・くれんしょー

Born

May 5, 1959 (age 67)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Boar

Origin

Canton, Ohio, United States

Occupation

lawyer / university teacher / philosopher / academic / activist

High school

Canton McKinley High School

University

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Awards & achievements

• 2017 Gittler Prize

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberl%C3%A9%20Crenshaw
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6409990

Tags

• Ohio
• lawyer
• university teacher
• philosopher

Last updated

2026-06-21

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