Papers, 1967-1985 (inclusive).

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...

Friedan, Betty, 1921-2006

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Betty Friedan was born Bettye Goldstein on February 4, 1921, in Peoria, Illinois, the daughter of Harry and Miriam (Horwitz) Goldstein. She attended Peoria public schools and graduated summa cum laude from Smith College in 1942. She continued her studies as a University fellow in psychology at the University of California, Berkeley (1943). In June 1947 she married Carl Friedan, an advertising executive; they had three children (Daniel, Jonathan, and Emily) and were divorced in May 1969. Fried...

Cohen, Marcia I.

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Marcia Friedlander Cohen is the author of The Sisterhood: The True Story of the Women Who Changed the World (1988). From the description of Papers, 1967-1985 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008670 ...

Kennedy, Florynce, 1916-2000

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Lawyer and feminist, Florynce Kennedy is a founding member of the National Organization for Women and the National Women's Political Caucus and the author of Abortion Rap. From the description of Papers. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007592 Florynce Rae ("Flo") Kennedy, an African American lawyer, feminist, activist, and civil rights advocate, was born on February 11, 1916, in Kansas City, Missouri, the second of five daughters of Wiley Kennedy an...

Thomas, Marlo

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National Organization for Women. New York Chapter

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The New York chapter of the National Organization for Women sponsored a women's history stamp series of U.S. First Day Covers, 1977-1978. From the description of Collection, 1971-1978 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008347 ...

Seaman, Barbara

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Barbara Rosner Seaman (1935- ): feminist and author, (Oberlin, B.A., 1956) was a columnist and contributing editor at Ladies' Home Journal (1965-1969), child care and education editor at Family Circle (1970-1973), and author of articles and reviews in numerous newpapers and magazines. The author of The Doctors' Case Against the Pill, Free and Female, and Women and the Crisis in Sex Hormones, she was cited for her part in seeing that appropriate written warnings to patients accompany each prescri...

Rollin, Betty

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Greer, Germaine, 1939-....

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Gould, Lois

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Bottini, Ivy, 1926-

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Biography Ivy was born on August 15, 1926, to a working class family in Long Island, New York. In 1944, she studied art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and later went on to a career in graphic design, working as an illustrator and art director for Newsday . In 1951, she married Edward Bottini. She gave birth to her first daughter, Laura, in 1953, and her second daughter, Lisa, in 1956. By the mid-1960s, Bottini became involved in t...

Millett, Kate

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Katherine Murray Millett (September 14, 1934 – September 6, 2017) was an American feminist writer, educator, artist, and activist. She attended Oxford University and was the first American woman to be awarded a degree with first-class honors after studying at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She has been described as "a seminal influence on second-wave feminism", and is best known for her book Sexual Politics (1970), which was based on her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University. The feminist, ...

Atkinson, Ti-Grace

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Faust, Jeanne, 1968-...

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Pogrebin, Letty Cottin

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Born in New York City, 9 June 1939. Graduated from Brandeis University in 1959. She began her career in book publishing as an editorial assistant and director of publicity and subsidiary rights at the publishing house of Bernard Geis Associates. Her journalistic career has included freelance writing for the New York Times, TV Guide, Boardroom Reports, and Good Housekeeping, among others. She contributed "The Working Woman" column to Ladies' Home Journal from 1971 to 1981. A founder of Ms. magazi...

Rossi, Alice S., 1922-2009

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Sociologist and feminist Alice S. Rossi graduated from Brooklyn College (B.A. 1947) and Columbia University (Ph. D. 1957). A founder and board member of the National Organization for Women (1966-1970), Rossi also served as president of the American Sociological Association (1982-1983). She was editor (with Ann Calderwood) of Academic Women on the Move (1973) and of The Feminist Papers: From Adams to de Beauvoir (1973), two very early and influential works in the field of women's history. The aut...