Georgianna Brennan

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]

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 life-long 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.

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.
  5. ↑ Zhang, Zemin (2014). "The Newark History Society’s Panel Discussion on October 20, 2010". Newark Preservation (Fall 2014).
  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.
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