168:
66:
238:
25:
470:, forwarded 100 copies of a personal letter to her family and friends and organized a ceremonial symposium/farewell party held in her art studio on Saturday, June 9, 1979, during which guests helped her create a final artwork representing her life and death. The symposium was recorded by a video documentary crew led by documentarian Richard Ellison.
444:", morally comparable to having a baby or getting married. She began planning her own suicide, which she initially calculated to take place around the year 1992, when she would have been 75 years old.
432:
Jo Roman's art, including paintings and âtactile boxesâ, were displayed in group and individual exhibitions and reviewed in art publications throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s.
596:
197:
496:
In subsequent decades, Jo Roman's works of art and advocacy have frequently been cited in academic journals and popular media concerning the moral right to die.
591:
586:
473:
Jo Roman committed suicide via an overdose of sleeping pills during the early morning following the symposium, on Sunday, June 10, 1979. She was 62 years old.
455:
but, experiencing adverse reactions, decided instead to bring her plans for "self-termination" forward rather than suffer the pain and indignity of a prolonged
561:
556:
571:
466:, which proposed state-sponsored institutions where people could end their own lives painlessly and with dignity. She also sent her own obituary to the
422:
516:
262:
of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be
440:
In 1965, Roman developed an intense interest in the philosophy, ethics and practice of "rational suicide" and concluded that the act was a "
576:
581:
546:
566:
351:
333:
219:
149:
52:
551:
259:
248:
421:
circa 1952, she began working with the
Manhattan Family Court and then became the director of the mental health clinic at the
87:
541:
255:
411:
314:
271:
180:
130:
451:, with the most optimistic prognosis being that she had three to five years of life remaining. She began to undergo
286:
190:
184:
176:
102:
76:
83:
38:
507:
Television
Quarterly: The Journal of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Volume XVII Number II
293:
201:
109:
400:
300:
116:
267:
536:
531:
282:
98:
263:
418:
489:
on June 16, 1980, and sparked a vehement controversy among viewers and reviewers. Roman's book
410:, to start an interior design business. A year or so later she began studying psychology at the
456:
426:
407:
307:
123:
525:
448:
396:
44:
452:
441:
384:
368:
65:
462:
Her preparations included completing a 250-page manuscript for a book titled
429:. In 1959 she married Dr. Mel Roman, an author, psychotherapist and artist.
372:
406:
After the death of her first husband, she moved with her two children to
380:
376:
517:"Artist's Death: A Last Statement In a Thesis on 'SelfâTerminationâ"
367:(born Mary Clodfelter in 1917, died June 10, 1979) was an American
481:
The 20 hours of video recordings were edited into the documentary
254:
Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing
486:
231:
161:
59:
18:
447:
In April 1978, however, she received a diagnosis of terminal
509:"On 'Choosing Suicide': Documentary as Confrontation"
417:
After achieving a master's degree in social work at
90:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
16:American social worker, therapist, artist, author
189:but its sources remain unclear because it lacks
464:Exit House: Choosing Suicide as an Alternative
8:
53:Learn how and when to remove these messages
597:Drug-related suicides in the United States
352:Learn how and when to remove this message
334:Learn how and when to remove this message
220:Learn how and when to remove this message
150:Learn how and when to remove this message
7:
592:Artists from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
587:Writers from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
485:, which was broadcast nationwide by
249:notability guideline for biographies
88:adding citations to reliable sources
562:20th-century American women writers
557:20th-century American women artists
14:
572:American women interior designers
34:This article has multiple issues.
512:Johnston, Laurie (17 June 1979)
493:was published in the same year.
236:
166:
64:
23:
247:may not meet Knowledge (XXG)'s
75:needs additional citations for
42:or discuss these issues on the
1:
459:for the next several years.
412:University of North Carolina
577:American interior designers
423:University Settlement House
613:
256:reliable secondary sources
245:The topic of this article
582:Adelphi University alumni
547:People from Massachusetts
567:Philosophical counselors
505:Ellison, Richard (1980)
175:This article includes a
552:American social workers
401:Lancaster, Pennsylvania
204:more precise citations.
391:Early life and career
542:Euthanasia activists
84:improve this article
442:natural human right
436:Advocacy and death
419:Adelphi University
399:and raised in the
251:
177:list of references
383:and advocate of "
362:
361:
354:
344:
343:
336:
318:
246:
230:
229:
222:
160:
159:
152:
134:
57:
604:
483:Choosing Suicide
457:terminal illness
395:She was born in
385:rational suicide
357:
350:
339:
332:
328:
325:
319:
317:
276:
240:
239:
232:
225:
218:
214:
211:
205:
200:this article by
191:inline citations
170:
169:
162:
155:
148:
144:
141:
135:
133:
92:
68:
60:
49:
27:
26:
19:
612:
611:
607:
606:
605:
603:
602:
601:
522:
521:
502:
479:
477:Cultural legacy
438:
427:Lower East Side
393:
358:
347:
346:
345:
340:
329:
323:
320:
277:
275:
253:
241:
237:
226:
215:
209:
206:
195:
181:related reading
171:
167:
156:
145:
139:
136:
93:
91:
81:
69:
28:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
610:
608:
600:
599:
594:
589:
584:
579:
574:
569:
564:
559:
554:
549:
544:
539:
534:
524:
523:
520:
519:
514:New York Times
510:
501:
498:
478:
475:
468:New York Times
437:
434:
408:Juneau, Alaska
392:
389:
360:
359:
342:
341:
244:
242:
235:
228:
227:
185:external links
174:
172:
165:
158:
157:
72:
70:
63:
58:
32:
31:
29:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
609:
598:
595:
593:
590:
588:
585:
583:
580:
578:
575:
573:
570:
568:
565:
563:
560:
558:
555:
553:
550:
548:
545:
543:
540:
538:
535:
533:
530:
529:
527:
518:
515:
511:
508:
504:
503:
499:
497:
494:
492:
488:
484:
476:
474:
471:
469:
465:
460:
458:
454:
450:
449:breast cancer
445:
443:
435:
433:
430:
428:
424:
420:
415:
413:
409:
404:
402:
398:
397:Massachusetts
390:
388:
386:
382:
378:
374:
370:
369:social worker
366:
356:
353:
338:
335:
327:
316:
313:
309:
306:
302:
299:
295:
292:
288:
285: â
284:
280:
279:Find sources:
273:
269:
265:
261:
257:
250:
243:
234:
233:
224:
221:
213:
203:
199:
193:
192:
186:
182:
178:
173:
164:
163:
154:
151:
143:
132:
129:
125:
122:
118:
115:
111:
108:
104:
101: â
100:
96:
95:Find sources:
89:
85:
79:
78:
73:This article
71:
67:
62:
61:
56:
54:
47:
46:
41:
40:
35:
30:
21:
20:
513:
506:
495:
490:
482:
480:
472:
467:
463:
461:
453:chemotherapy
446:
439:
431:
416:
405:
394:
364:
363:
348:
330:
321:
311:
304:
297:
290:
278:
216:
207:
196:Please help
188:
146:
137:
127:
120:
113:
106:
94:
82:Please help
77:verification
74:
50:
43:
37:
36:Please help
33:
537:1979 deaths
532:1917 births
324:August 2023
260:independent
202:introducing
526:Categories
491:Exit House
294:newspapers
283:"Jo Roman"
268:redirected
110:newspapers
99:"Jo Roman"
39:improve it
373:therapist
258:that are
210:June 2023
140:June 2023
45:talk page
365:Jo Roman
500:Sources
425:on the
308:scholar
272:deleted
198:improve
124:scholar
403:area.
381:author
377:artist
310:
303:
296:
289:
281:
264:merged
126:
119:
112:
105:
97:
315:JSTOR
301:books
270:, or
183:, or
131:JSTOR
117:books
287:news
103:news
487:PBS
387:".
86:by
528::
414:.
379:,
375:,
371:,
266:,
187:,
179:,
48:.
355:)
349:(
337:)
331:(
326:)
322:(
312:¡
305:¡
298:¡
291:¡
274:.
252:.
223:)
217:(
212:)
208:(
194:.
153:)
147:(
142:)
138:(
128:¡
121:¡
114:¡
107:¡
80:.
55:)
51:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
