Mary Ann Glendon is the Learned Hand Professor at Harvard Law School and was a vocal advocate of Pope John Paul II’s views on women, abortion, sexuality and related issues. In 2004 the pope appointed her as head of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, at that time the highest Vatican post ever held by a woman. From 2008 to 2009 she was the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See.
| Website | http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/index.html?id=23 |
| Email address | glendon@law.harvard.edu |
| Phone number | 617-495-4769 |
| Phone number 2 | 617-496-2609 |
| Categories | Abortion & birth control, Beliefs & practices, Church & state, education, Foreign policy, Gender & sexuality, Government & politics, Law & courts, Marriage & family, Society & culture |
| Locations | Massachusetts, United States of America, Vatican City |
| Faiths | Catholicism, Christianity |
| Languages | English |