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 [1] (1975). Brownmiller argues that rape has been hitherto defined by men rather than women; and that men use, and all men benefit from the use of, rape as a means of perpetuating male dominance by keeping all women in a state of fear. Brownmiller also participated in civil rights activism, joining CORE during the sit-in movement and volunteering for Freedom Summer in 1964. 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 organization. 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 (1999).

As of 2005, she is an Adjunct Professor of Women's & Gender Studies at Pace University in New York City,[2]

References

• Susan Brownmiller.com: An Informal Bio
• In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution (ISBN 0-449-90820-8)

External links

• Susan Brownmiller.com
• Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution from the Jewish Women's Archive
• 1989 audio interview with Susan Brownmiller by Don Swaim