Marianne Githens (November 10, 1936 – February 27, 2018)[1][2] was an American political scientist, feminist, and author.

She was an Elizabeth Conolly Todd Distinguished Professor and the co-founder of the Women's Study Program at Goucher College.

After graduation Githens moved to London, where she lived with an emigre German Jewish family near Hampstead Heath.

[2] Her dissertation was titled The Separation of Powers in the Working Constitution of the Fourth Republic.

She was recognized by peers as a "pioneer scholar" in the field of women in politics[2] and public policy.

[6] In 2000, Githens was named Goucher College's Elizabeth Conolly Todd Distinguished Professor due to her "leadership, scholarship, teaching and community activism."