Bernardine Dohrn

Bernardine Dohrn
Dohrn at 2007 reunion of SDS
Born	Bernardine Rae Ohrnstein (1942-01-12) January 12, 1942 (age 75) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Residence	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	American
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	University of Chicago
Occupation	Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Known for	Former member of the Weather Underground Urban educational reform
Spouse(s)	Bill Ayers

Bernardine Rae Dohrn (née Ohrnstein; born January 12, 1942) is a former leader of the Weather Underground, a revolutionary group responsible for the bombing of the United States Capitol, the Pentagon, and several police stations in New York, as well as the accidental Greenwich Village townhouse explosion that killed three members of the Underground. As a member of the Weather Underground, Dohrn helped to create a "Declaration of a State of War" against the United States government, and was placed on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, where she remained for three years. From 1991 to 2013 she was a Clinical Associate Professor of Law at the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern University School of Law. She is married to Bill Ayers, a co-founder of the Weather Underground, who was formerly a tenured professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Bernardine Dohrn was born Bernardine Ohrnstein in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1942, and grew up in Whitefish Bay, an upper-middle-class suburb of Milwaukee. Her father, Bernard, changed the family surname to Dohrn when Bernardine was in high school. Her father was Jewish and her mother, Dorothy (née Soderberg), was of Swedish background and a Christian Scientist. Dohrn graduated from Whitefish Bay High School where she was a cheerleader, treasurer of the Modern Dance Club, a member of the National Honor Society, and editor of the school newspaper.