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'''Shulamith Firestone''' (circa 1945 - 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]]''. | '''Shulamith Firestone''' (circa 1945 - 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]]''. | ||
Firestone was paranoid-schizophrenic, and was isolated in her later years. She died in August, 2012, in her East Village Apartment. | |||
==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) | |||
==Further reading== | |||
* [http://www.thevillager.com/?p=7172 Obituary], ''The Villager'', Aug. 30, 2012 | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shulamith_Firestone Wikipedia] | |||
Revision as of 18:10, 3 September 2012
Shulamith Firestone (circa 1945 - 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.
Firestone was paranoid-schizophrenic, and was isolated in her later years. She died in August, 2012, in her East Village Apartment.
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)
Further reading
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