Link Ch. 13 – Copyright’s Barbara Ringer Remembered

Barbara Ringer, who went to work for the Copyright Office in the Library of Congress in 1949 right after she graduated from law school, had as much influence on American copyright law as anyone in the twentieth century. Read the following two remembrances of her from the Washington Post to learn about how the first woman to head the U.S. Copyright Office completely revamped American copyright law and was a strong civil rights advocate.

• A Local Life: Barbara A. Ringer, 83; Force Behind New Copyright Law
• Barbara Ringer’s Untold Story