Susan Brownmiller

Susan Brownmiller (b. February 15, 1935) is a radical feminist journalist and activist. She is best known for her pioneering work on the politics of rape in Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape (1975). Brownmiller also participated in civil rights activism, joining CORE during the sit-in movement and Freedom Summer. She first became involved in the Women's Liberation Movement in New York City in 1968, by joining a consciousness-raising group in the newly-formed New York Radical Women. Brownmiller went on to co-ordinate a sit-in against Ladies' Home Journal in 1970, began work on Against Our Will after a New York Radical Feminists speak-out on rape in 1971, and co-founded Women Against Pornography in 1979. She continues to write and speak on feminist issues, including a recent memoir and history of Second Wave radical feminism, In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution.

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February 15 - 1935 - Radical feminist - Rape - 1975 - Civil rights - CORE - Sit-in - Freedom Summer - Women's Liberation Movement - New York City - 1968 - Consciousness-raising - New York Radical Women - 1970 - New York Radical Feminists - 1971 - Women Against Pornography - 1979 - Second Wave

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