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Remembering Dianne Feinstein

What to read about the life and legacy of the trailblazing California Senator, and how her death will change the U.S. Senate.

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Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, an Advocate for Liberal Priorities, Dies at Age 90

Feinstein was a passionate advocate for liberal priorities important to her state — including environmental protection, reproductive rights and gun control — but was also known as a pragmatic lawmaker who reached out to Republicans and sought middle ground.

The Institutionalist (2022)

In this New York cover story from 2022, Rebecca Traister considered Feinstein’s career and its place in the ebb and flow of the women’s movement since the 1970s.

What Dianne Feinstein’s Death Means for California’s Senate Elections

Feinstein died as a new generation of leadership was preparing to take power in California.

The Dianne Feinstein Paradox

Despite the late California senator’s straitlaced sensibilities, she became a pioneering advocate for the gay community.

I Was the Reporter Who Wrote About Dianne Feinstein’s Decline. but That’s Not What I Remember Most.

California Senator Dianne Feinstein will be remembered as a trailblazing woman politician, a master legislator — and an artist.

Once Common, Senate Deaths in Office Are Now Rare

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s death is one of only two of a sitting senator in the last 10 years.

Dianne Feinstein: A Life in Pictures

The longest-serving female US senator, who was the first woman to be mayor of San Francisco and blazed a trail for women in US politics, has died aged 90. We look back on her career