Papers, 1935-2000 (inclusive).

Dworkin, Andrea, 1946-2005

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Author, critic, and radical feminist Andrea Dworkin was born on September 26, 1946, in Camden, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Sylvia (Spiegel), a secretary, and Harry Dworkin, a guidance counselor. In 1965, while attending Bennington College, Dworkin was arrested in New York City for protesting against the Vietnam War, and spent four days in the Women’s House of Detention. She later made headlines, publicizing her brutal treatment at the hands of staff, which led to a grand ju...

Sarachild, Kathie, 1943-

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Kathie Sarachild, born Kathie Amatniek in 1943, is an American writer and radical feminist. In 1968, she took the last name "Sarachild" after her mother Sara, coined the phrase "Sisterhood is Powerful" in a flier she wrote for the keynote speech she gave for New York Radical Women's first public action at the convocation of the Jeannette Rankin Brigade, was one of four women who held the Women's Liberation banner at the Miss America protest, and had her paper "A Program for Radical Feminist Cons...

Alexander, Dolores, 1931-2008

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Dolores Alexander (August 10, 1931 – May 13, 2008) was a lesbian feminist, writer, and reporter. Alexander was the only Executive Director of the National Organization for Women (NOW) to have resigned because of the homophobic beliefs in the early inception of NOW. She co-opened the feminist restaurant "Mother Courage" with Jill Ward. Until her death, in 2008, she continued to believe in the need for the women's rights movement in contemporary times, stating that "It's bigotry, and I don't know ...

Brownmiller, Susan, 1935-

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Susan Brownmiller (born February 15, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American feminist journalist, author, and activist best known for her 1975 book Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape. Brownmiller argues that rape had been previously defined by men rather than women, and that men use it as a means of perpetuating male dominance by keeping all women in a state of fear. The New York Public Library selected Against Our Will as one of 100 most important books of the 20th century. Brownmi...

Fowler, Linda R.

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Vaughan, Sharon Rice,

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Kollias, Karen

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Franks, Lucinda

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Mayerson, Charlotte, 1927-

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Leidholdt, Dorchen

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O'Reilly, Jane

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O'Reilly (B.A., Radcliffe, 1958) is a journalist in New York City, writing for The New York Times, and for magazines: New York, Glamour, Ms., and others. From the description of Papers, 1969-1970 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007832 ...

Lederer, Laura

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Johnston, Jill

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Galvin-Lewis, Jane,

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Cronan, Shelia,

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Lemisch, Jesse, 1936-

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Mehrhof, Barbara

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French, Marilyn, 1929-2009

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Marilyn French was born in New York City in 1929. She married the attorney Robert M. French, Jr. in 1950; the couple divorced in 1967. She received her B.A. in English from Hofstra University in 1951, and later returned to Hofstra for her M.A. degree in the Humanities, which she was awarded in 1964. The couple had two children, and Robert. She earned her Ph.D. in English from Harvard University in 1972. Her dissertation on James Joyce was published by H...

Hanisch, Carol

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Warrior, Betsy

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McMahon, April M.S.

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Pincus, Jane.

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Peslikis, Irene.

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Feminist artist, activist, and educator. Peslikis (1943-2002) was born in New York, New York, and raised in different locations in Queens, New York. She was instrumental in a number of influential feminist and feminist art groups, including the New York Feminist Art Institute, the journal WOMEN & ART (co-founded with Pat Mainardi), and the group Redstockings. From the description of Irene Peslikis papers, 1957-2002 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 54112...

Berger, Pamela M.

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Norsigian, Judy

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Bako, Yolanda,

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An activist in the movement against domestic violence, Bako was coordinator of the Rape Prevention Committee of the New York City chapter of the National Organization for Women, helping coordinate the 1976 Women's Walk Against Rape. She was also on the New York Steering Committee of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and served as executive director of Volunteers Against Violence Technical Assistance Program. From the description of Papers, 1975-1982 (inclusive). (Harva...

Waters, Mary-Alice, 1942-....

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Freeman, John

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Shelley, Martha

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Swenson, Norma

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Doress-Worters, Paula B. (Paula Brown)

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Ceballos, Jacqueline Michot, 1925-

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Webb, Marilyn, 1942-

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Writer, journalism professor, and feminist Marilyn Salzman Webb was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up on Long Island. She was active in Students for a Democratic Society and the women's movement in Chicago and Washington, D.C. She founded Off Our Backs and the women's studies department at Goddard College, the first women's studies program in the country. She lives half the year in New York where she is a writer and journalist and an advocate for better care for the dying and the other hal...

Soler, Esta,

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Russell, Diana E. H.

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Hunter, Nan D.

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St. Joan, Jacqueline, 1945-

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Pizzey, Erin, 1939-....

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Stearns, Nancy.

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Edgar, Joanne

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Allen, Donna,

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Douglas, Carol Anne

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Bell, Ruth M., 1919-

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Baxandall, Rosalyn Fraad, 1939-2015

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Rosalyn Fraad "Ros" Baxandall was an American historian of women's activism and an active New York City feminist....

Hawley, Nancy S., 1947-

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Kilday, Mary Catherine

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Women Against Pornography

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Founded in 1979 by Susan Brownmiller and others, Women Against Pornography sought to educate men and women about what it saw as the essence of pornography: the degradation, objectification, and brutalization of women. To this end it offered slide shows and lectures, maintained a referral service for victims of sexual exploitation, compiled statistics, organized protests, and sponsored tours of New York City's Times Square area. WAP was disbanded in 1990. From the description of Recor...

Densmore, Dana

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Sloan-Hunter, Margaret, 1947-

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Redstockings, Inc.

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Rothaizer, Susan,

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Forer, Anne U.

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Koedt, Anne

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Grambs, Marya,

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Morgan, Robin K., 1961-

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Radical feminist activist and poet. From the description of Portraits, n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 48633460 Robin Morgan is the author of many books, including Sisterhood is Powerful (1970) and Sisterhood is Global (1984). From the description of Papers, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007925 Feminist activist, author, poet, child star, and editor of MS. magazine. From the description of Robin Morgan ...

Van Gelder, Lindsy

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Elman, Amy,

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Lynden, Pat,

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Steinberg, Joel Barnet, 1941-

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Nussbaum, Hedda, 1942-

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Hedda Nussbaum was born on August 8, 1942 in New York, NY to Emma Rosenthal and William Nussbaum. She earned her B.A. at Hunter College (1964) and her Paralegal Certificate from Mercy College (1991). Prior to entering the public eye in the media frenzy that resulted from the 1987 beating death of her six-year-old adopted daughter, Lisa Steinberg, she worked as an editor of children's books at Random House. Although initially implicated in the crime, charges against Nussbaum were dropped prior to...

O'Sullivan, Elizabethann

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Rush, Florence, 1918-

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Rush worked in a machine shop during World War II. She and her family later lived in Westchester County, N.Y.; she researched and wrote about child abuse. From the description of Papers, 1971-1974 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007874 Feminist and social worker Florence Rush (1918-2008) created a sensation in her talk, "The Sexual Abuse of Children: A Feminist Point of View," presented at the April 1971 conference of New York Radical F...

Willis, Ellen R.

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Born in New York City in 1941, journalist and feminist Ellen Willis was the daughter of a New York City police lieutenant. She graduated from Barnard College (B.A. 1962) and later did graduate work in comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley. Her first marriage to Harvey Leifert ended in divorce. In 1998 she married her longtime companion, sociology professor Stanley Aronowitz; they had a daughter, Nona Willis-Aronowitz. Willis was a founder of Redstockings, a radical fem...

Alpert, Jane

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Martin, Del,

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Abbott, Sidney

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Waters, Chocolate

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East Harlem Reform Democrats.

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Boston women's health book collective

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The Boston Women's Health Book Collective is a nonprofit, public interest women's health education, advocacy, and consulting organization which was formally established in 1972 and published Our Bodies, Ourselves in 1973. From the description of Subject files, 1970-1998. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83027952 The Boston Women's Health Book Collective, a non-profit women's health education, advocacy and consulting organization, began in 1969 when a small group of ...

Dunbar, Roxanne

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Bunch, Charlotte, 1944-....

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A participant in poverty programs and civil rights organizations while a student of history at Duke University (1962-1966), Bunch became active in the women's liberation movement of the 1960s. She has subsequently taught courses on feminism at colleges and universities, participated in international conferences concerning women, peace, or Christianity, edited feminist books and journals, and worked to develop a lesbian/feminist ideology. Her many organizational affiliations have included the Met...

Ramos, Sandy,

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Kritzler, Helen,

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New York Radical Feminists

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New York Radical Feminists was a radical feminist group co-founded primarily by Shulamith Firestone and Anne Koedt with the October 3, 1969, Stanton-Anthony Brigade, after they and other brigade members left Redstockings. Central to NYRF's philosophy was the idea that men consciously maintained power and a climate of supremacy over women in order to strengthen their egos. New York Radical Feminists members organized small 10-12 women consciousness-raising groups throughout NYC that all came toge...

Balser, Diane

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Schultz, Marilyn

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Weisstein, Naomi

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Weisstein was born in New York City in 1939, the daughter of Mary Wenk and Samuel Weisstein. She attended Hunter College Elementary School, Bronx High School of Science, Wellesley College (B.A. 1961), and Harvard University (Ph.D. 1964). A National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago, she taught there (1964-1966), at Loyola University (1966-1973), and at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Weisstein is a pioneer in cognitive neuroscience and ...

Ditzion, Joan Sheingold,

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March, Artemis

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Cornell University

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Diskin, Vilunya,

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Mayfield, Lee,

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Owings, Alison

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Komisar, Lucy, 1942-

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Lucy Komisar was born in the Bronx in April 1942. She participated in several activities on behalf of civil rights, including editing the Mississippi Free Press for one year. From the description of Komisar (Lucy) civil rights collection, 1961-1991 (bulk 1961-1964). (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 57600042 Freelance writer and editor, Lucy Komisar was vice president for public relations for the National Organization for Women (1970-...

Shumsky, Ellen

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Griffo, Michela,

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Sauvigne, Karen,

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Lease, Carol,

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Sanford, Wendy Coppedge, 1944-

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Gornick, Vivian

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Smith, Judy Gattis, 1933-

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Downer, Carol,

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Gornick, Janet Carol

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Shulman, Alix Kates

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Prominent feminist, author, and political activist in the 1960s and 70s. Author of MEMOIRS OF AN EX-PROM QUEEN (1972), ON THE STROLL (1980), and DRINKING THE RAIN (1995). From the description of Papers, 1892-2000 (bulk 1968-2000). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 46888521 ...