Janet Kalven (May 21, 1913 — April 24, 2014) was a feminist Catholic educator and writer associated with the Grail.
Janet Kalven was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Rose Nathan and Harry Kalven. After finishing high school as valedictorian of her class, she attended the University of Chicago, where writer Jane Kesner was her friend and assigned "big sister". She graduated from the University of Chicago in 1934. Later in life she earned a master's degree in adult education from Boston University.
Her family background was Jewish, but Janet Kalven became a Roman Catholic convert as a young woman.
Late in life, Kalven moved from Grailville to buy a converted school building in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she lived and created affordable housing for women.
Janet Kalven died April 24, 2014, at age 100, in Milford, Ohio.