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Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
20th century – Third-wave feminist; Riot grrrl: 1940–2025: Gunilla Ekberg: Sweden: 20th century – Anti-prostitution feminist: 1940–2025: Mary Flanagan: United States: 20th century – Third-wave feminist; cyberfeminist: 1940–2025: Deborah Frances-White: Australia and Great Britain: 20th century – Stand-up comedian; Feminist in the ...
The Creation of Feminist Consciousness: From the Middle Ages to 1870, Gerda Lerner (1994) "The Unremembered: Searching for Women at the Holocaust Memorial Museum", Andrea Dworkin (1994) [417] "Why Women Need Freedom From Religion", Annie Laurie Gaylor (1994) From Suffrage to Women's Liberation: Feminism in Twentieth Century America, Joreen ...
Or An Apologetical Answer to that Irreligious and Illiterate Pamphlet Made by Jo. Sw. And By Him Entitled, "The Arraignment of Women", Rachel Speght (1617) Ester Hath Hang'd Haman: An Answer To a Lewd Pamphlet, Entitled "The Arraignment of Women," With the Arraignment of Lewd, Idle Forward, and Unconstant Men, and Husbands, Ester Sowernam (1617)
Betty Friedan (/ ˈ f r iː d ən, f r iː ˈ d æ n, f r ɪ-/; [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.
PEORIA - As a leader in the women's rights movement of the 1960's and '70s, Betty Friedan is one of the most influential people to come out of Peoria, but a lot of people don't know about her ...
Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944) is an American feminist writer, best known for her coming-of-age autobiographical novel, Rubyfruit Jungle.Brown was active in a number of civil rights campaigns and criticized the marginalization of lesbians within feminist groups.
Angela Olive Pearce (formerly Carter, née Stalker; 7 May 1940 – 16 February 1992), who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works. She is mainly known for her book The Bloody Chamber (1979).