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Alix Kates Shulman

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Alix Kates Shulman · Civil Rights & Human Rights

What

Early radical feminist activist (New York Radical Women, Redstockings) and author of 'Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen,' who publicized the demand for equal marriage.

When

1932, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Where

New York City

Biography

Alix Kates Shulman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Early radical feminist activist (New York Radical Women, Redstockings) and author of 'Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen,' who publicized the demand for equal marriage.

How & why

Alix Kates Shulman, born to a Jewish family in Cleveland, is an early radical feminist activist and writer. A member of New York Radical Women and Redstockings, she co-organized the 1968 Miss America protest and publicized the demand for equal marriage through her widely reprinted 'Marriage Agreement.' Her novel 'Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen' was hailed as an early landmark of women's-liberation fiction.

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Source: Jewish Women's Archive; Wikipedia

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Early radical feminist activist (New York Radical Women, Redstockings) and author of 'Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen,' who publicized the demand for equal marriage.

1932

Source: Jewish Women's Archive; Wikipedia