Genoveffa “Gena” Immaculata Corea, a pioneering author, investigative journalist, and feminist advocate whose work challenged patriarchal social institutions and reshaped conversations about women’s bodies, health, and autonomy died on New Year’s Eve after a battle with breast cancer.
She was 79.
The author of “The Mother Machine,” “The Invisible Epidemic,” and “The Hidden Malpractice,” Gena traveled the world exposing the ways in which women’s experiences in healthcare are marginalized, exploited, and dismissed. She wrote not to comfort, but to illuminate.
Her work endures as a testament to the necessity of listening and the power of truth-telling. Her family and friends remember her as a teacher of life and how to live it — with unmatched presence, compassion, and joy.
Gena’s final book, “Table in the Clearing: A Memoir of Sacred Jailbreaks,” will soon be published posthumously and embodies her commitment to compassionate listening and our interconnectedness.
A Plymouth resident in her final years, she is survived by six siblings, nephews and nieces, and her adopted daughter and family. Her burial will be small and private.
In lieu of flowers donations may be sent to Global Fund for Women.