Malvina Shanklin Harlan
Malvina Shanklin Harlan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Malvina French Shanklin 1839 Indiana |
| Died | 1916 (aged 76-77) |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Notable work | Some Memories of a Long Life, 1854–1911 (completed 1915, published 2001) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 6 (including James and John) |
| Relatives | John Marshall Harlan II (grandson) |
Malvina French Shanklin Harlan (1839–1916), informally known as "Mallie", was the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan, the grandmother of Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan II, and the author of a 1915 memoir entitled Some Memories of a Long Life, 1854–1911. Her memoir remained unpublished until 2001, when it was published at the instigation of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.