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Christina Crosby, 67, Dies; Feminist Scholar Wrote of Becoming Disabled
After a bicycle accident left her paralyzed, she wrote a memoir, “A Body, Undone,” which refused to draw tidy lessons about overcoming hardship.
Christina Crosby in 2016. Her memoir, “A Body, Undone: Living On After Great Pain,” went beyond the typical disability narrative and became an important text in disability studies.Credit.Matt Harvey
Jan. 26, 2021
Christina Crosby, an athletic woman who had just turned 50, was three miles into her bicycle-riding regimen near her home in Connecticut when her front spokes snagged a branch. The bike stopped dead, hurling Dr. Crosby to the pavement, the impact smashing her face and snapping her neck. In an instant, she was paralyzed for the rest of her life. ....

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