  catharine alice mackinnon (born october 7, 1946) is an american feminist, scholar, lawyer, teacher and activist. ==early life== mackinnon was born in minnesota. her mother is elizabeth valentine davis; her father, george e. mackinnon was a lawyer, congressman (1946 to 1949), and judge on the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit (1969 to 1995). she has two younger brothers. mackinnon became the third generation of her family to attend her mother's alma mater, smith college. she graduated in the top 2% of her class at smith and earned a j.d. and a ph.d. from yale university. while at yale law school, she received a national science foundation fellowship. ==legal career== mackinnon is the elizabeth a. long professor of law at the university of michigan law school.university of michigan faculty biography in 2007, she served as the roscoe pound visiting professor of law at harvard law school.harvard webpage 2007 mackinnon is a highly cited legal scholar.isi highly cited author - catharine a. mackinnon 2005 fellow of stanford's center for advanced study in the behavioral sciences she has been a visiting professor at various universities and regularly appears in public speaking events. on february 10, 2005, mackinnon attended the premiere of inside deep throat (in which she is interviewed) and took part in a panel discussion after the film.charles mcgrath, "academic look at 'deep throat'", 2005-02-09 alt url[http://www.washington
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