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Shulamith Firestone
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Canadian born US feminist scholar, activist and writer (1945-2012)
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Shulamith Firestone (born Shulamith Bath Shmuel Ben Ari Feuerstein) was a Canadian writer, women's rights activist, philosopher, and feminist. She was born in Ottawa in 1945 and died in New York in 2012. Her notable work includes *The Dialectic of Sex*. She was educated at Washington University in St. Louis and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she earned a licentiate.
Firestone was associated with the Freudo-Marxism and radical feminism movements. She spoke English and adhered to Orthodox Judaism. She also suffered from schizophrenia. Her other works include *Espacios sin aire*, *Notes from the third year*, *Notes from the second year*, and *Zones mortes*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Espacios sin aire
- Notes from the third year
- Notes from the second year
- Dialectic of Sex
- Zones mortes
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Key facts
- Born
- Shulamith Bath Shmuel Ben Ari Feuerstein , ( 1945-01-07 ) January 7, 1945, Ottawa , Ontario, Canada
- Died
- August 28, 2012 (2012-08-28) (aged 67), New York City , U.S.
- Burial place
- Wellwood Cemetery West Babylon, New York
- Education
- Washington University Art Institute of Chicago ( BFA )
- Notable work
- The Dialectic of Sex (1970)
- Movement
- Radical feminism Second-wave feminism
- Relatives
- Tirzah Firestone (sister)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Ottawa
- Place of death
- New York
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Educated at
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Orthodox Judaism
- Notable work
- The Dialectic of Sex
- Academic degree
- licentiate
- Movement
- radical feminism
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- date of birth
- 1945-01-07
- date of death
- 2012-08-28
- medical condition
- schizophrenia
- name in native language
- Shulamith Firestone
- birth name
- Shulamith Bath Shmuel Ben Ari Feuerstein
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- Ahola
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Encyclopedic overview
Shulamith Bath Shmuel Ben Ari Firestone (born Feuerstein; January 7, 1945 – August 28, 2012) was a radical feminist writer and activist. She was a prominent figure in the early development of radical feminism and second-wave feminism and a founding member of three radical feminist organizations: New York Radical Women, Redstockings, and New York Radical Feminists. Within these movements, she was referred to by some as "the firebrand" and "the fireball" due to the intensity with which she advocated for feminist causes.
In 1967, she spoke at the National Conference for New Politics in Chicago. In 1968, she organized a symbolic event referred to as "The Burial of Traditional Womanhood" and participated in the Miss America protest later that year. She protested sexual harassment at Madison Square Garden, organized abortion speakouts, and disrupted abortion legislation meetings.
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