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Betty Friedan. Betty Friedan ( / ˈfriːdən, friːˈdæn, frɪ -/; [ 1] February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006) was an American feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century.
Adeline Virginia Woolf ( / wʊlf /; [ 2] née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer. She is considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors. She pioneered the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Woolf was born into an affluent household in South Kensington, London.
Nora Stanton Barney (granddaughter) Signature. Elizabeth Cady Stanton ( née Cady; November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century. She was the main force behind the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, the first convention to ...
The Widows' Adventures. The Woman Who Knew Too Much. Women at the World's Crossroads. Women in Tech. Women of Mayo Clinic. The Women of the Cousins' War. Women Painters of the World. Women Who Work (book) The Worth of Women.
Feminist philosophy. Judith Pamela Butler[ 1] (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher and gender studies scholar whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism, [ 2] queer theory, [ 3] and literary theory. [ 4]
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944) [ 2] is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. [ 3][ 4] Over the span of her career, Walker has published ...
Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 190? [ Note 1] – May 10, 1977) was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925.
The book was inspired by Garmus's experience as a creative director in an advertising agency, in particular after a frustrating meeting where a male co-worker took credit for one of her ideas. [8] While writing Lessons in Chemistry , Garmus was a full-time copywriter but taught herself some school-level chemistry, attempting experiments from ...