Kate Millett, and was strongly in favor of abortion rights. Janeway continued to write and go on lecture tours. She learned to speak Russian so she could visit the Soviet Union. Janeway was a judge for the National Book Awards in 1955 and for the Pulitzer Prize in 1971. She was an executive of International PEN. At its 1981 commencement ceremonies, her alma mater Barnard College awarded Janeway its highest honor, the Barnard Medal of Distinction. Elizabeth Hall Janeway died in 2005 at her Rye, New York home. She was survived by two sons: Columbia Graduate School of Journalism professor, The Boston Globe editor, and former Atlantic Monthly executive Michael Janeway and William H. Janeway, until 2006 a vice chairman at Warburg Pincus, as well as by three grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. The Star Trek: Voyager character Kathryn Janeway originally shared her name, but writers changed the name after learning of her. References External links Obituary at The Guardian More Janeway quotes at thinkexist.com 1913 births 2005 deaths 20th-century American novelists Barnard College alumni Writers from Brooklyn People from Rye, New York Swarthmore College alumni American women novelists 20th-century American women writers Novelists from New York (state) American women non-fiction writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American women