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'''Shulamith Firestone''' ( | '''Shulamith Firestone''' (Jan. 7, 1945 - circa Aug. 21, 2012) was a [[radical feminist]], best-known for her 1970 work ''[[The Dialectic of Sex]]'', which was a strong influence on theory around women's relations to children and parenting, and on [[Marge Piercy]] as she wrote ''[[Woman on the Edge of Time]]''. | ||
She co-founded three radical feminist organizations in New York, the [[New York Radical Women]], the [[Redstockings]], and [[New York Radical Feminists]]. | |||
==Works== | |||
* ''[[The Dialectic of Sex|The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution]]'' (1970) ("“No one can understand how feminism has evolved without reading this radical, inflammatory, second-wave landmark" -- [[Naomi Wolf]]) | |||
* ''[[Airless Spaces]]'' (1998 fictionalized memoir stories about schizophrenia) | |||
* Editor, ''Notes from the First Year'' (1968 collection) | |||
==Further research== | |||
* [http://www.thevillager.com/?p=7172 Obituary], ''The Villager'', Aug. 30, 2012 | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shulamith_Firestone Wikipedia] | |||
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/nyregion/shulamith-firestone-feminist-writer-dies-at-67.html obituary], ''NYT'', 2012/08/31 | |||
* "Shulie" (1997 film by Elisabeth Subrin, remaking an earlier 1967 documentary) | |||
* [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-shulamith-firestone-20120902,0,2764167.story Obituary], ''LA Times'' (2012/09/02) | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:19, 3 September 2012
Shulamith Firestone (Jan. 7, 1945 - circa Aug. 21, 2012) was a radical feminist, best-known for her 1970 work The Dialectic of Sex, which was a strong influence on theory around women's relations to children and parenting, and on Marge Piercy as she wrote Woman on the Edge of Time.
She co-founded three radical feminist organizations in New York, the New York Radical Women, the Redstockings, and New York Radical Feminists.
Works
- The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution (1970) ("“No one can understand how feminism has evolved without reading this radical, inflammatory, second-wave landmark" -- Naomi Wolf)
- Airless Spaces (1998 fictionalized memoir stories about schizophrenia)
- Editor, Notes from the First Year (1968 collection)
Further research
- Obituary, The Villager, Aug. 30, 2012
- Wikipedia
- obituary, NYT, 2012/08/31
- "Shulie" (1997 film by Elisabeth Subrin, remaking an earlier 1967 documentary)
- Obituary, LA Times (2012/09/02)
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