Kilimanjaro, as well as Europe and many US destinations. She was an intrepid traveler who relished her many trips to exotic places such as The Galapagos Islands, Peru, Nepal, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, India, Patagonia, the African destinations of Egypt, Botswana and Mt. Marguerite loved outdoor activities such as hiking, swimming, tennis and picnics. She retired in 1990 at age 71, but remained “of Counsel” to her son, Attorney Robert P. She became an attorney at a time when women lawyers were a rarity, and did much to mentor and encourage other women in their pursuit of careers in the law. This case is widely recognized as greatly advancing patient’s rights. Spring, who was an incompetent terminally ill patient in the Holyoke Geriatric Hospital in advocating for his right to die with dignity by ending his life prolonging treatment. In another widely cited Massachusetts’s case, In the Matter of Earle Spring, she represented the family of Mr.
Time Magazine, which greatly advanced the rights of the mentally ill. An active litigator for individual rights, Attorney Dolan’s cases included an important right to privacy case, Pederson V. She is believed to be the last person in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to be admitted to the practice of law without attending law school under the old practice of “reading for the bar.” After passing the bar and commencing her law practice in 1971 at age 51, she worked with Attorney Ruggeri until establishing her own firm in Turners Falls, later becoming partners with for a time with Thomas Simons, Esq. During this time she clerked for Attorney Sebastian Ruggeri and, on her own, studied for the Bar. Later, she worked as a law librarian for the Franklin County Law Library for over 10 years where she became interested in and made the decision to pursue a law career.
For many years she was a mother and homemaker and raised their five children.
Throughout her life, she pursued her interest in journalism and literature, writing novels, plays, and several published magazine articles. Dolan returned to Greenfield and became a reporter for the Greenfield Recorder-Gazette. Her family moved to New York City when she was a teenager where she graduated from Julia Richmond High School and attended Columbia University, studying journalism. One of five children, she was born and raised in Greenfield, MA, the daughter of the late Fred A. (Mosher) Dolan, age 89, died at the Bertram House in Swampscott early Wednesday morning, February 25, following a long illness.
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