Elizabeth Gould Davis
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| Elizabeth Gould Davis | |
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| Born | 1910 Kansas, USA |
| Died | 1974 (aged 63–64) |
| Occupation | Author, librarian |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Master's degree in librarianship |
| Alma mater | University of Kentucky |
| Period | 1971 |
| Literary movement | Second-wave feminism |
| Notable work(s) | The First Sex |
Elizabeth Gould Davis (1910–1974) was an American librarian who wrote a feminist book called The First Sex.
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[edit] Biography
She was born in Kansas, USA in 1910 and earned her master's degree in librarianship at the University of Kentucky in 1951. She worked as a librarian at Sarasota, Florida and while there wrote The First Sex. She died in 1974.
She argued in The First Sex that congenital killers and criminals have two Y chromosomes,[1] that men say they don't mind women being successful but require femininity when feminine qualities work against success,[1] and that a matriarchy should replace the existing patriarchy.[2] Prof. Ginette Castro criticized Davis' position as grounded "in the purest female chauvinism."[3]
[edit] Bibliography
- 1971: The First Sex, Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-003504-4
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Elizabeth Gould Davis Quotes". Quoteland. http://www.quoteland.com/author.asp?AUTHOR_ID=2176. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
- ^ Davis, Elizabeth Gould, The First Sex (N.Y.: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971 (Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 79-150582)), p. 18 and see p. 339.
- ^ Castro, Ginette, trans. Elizabeth Loverde-Bagwell, American Feminism: A Contemporary History (N.Y.: N.Y. Univ. Press, 1990 (ISBN 0-8147-1448-X)), p. 36 and see pp. 26, 27, 32–36, & 42 (trans. from Radioscopie du féminisme américain (Paris, France: Presses de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, 1984) (French)) (author prof. Eng. lang. & culture, Univ. of Bordeaux III, France).
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