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She was born in [[Kansas]], United States 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 was born in [[Kansas]], United States 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,<ref name="Elizabeth Gould Davis Quotes">{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Elizabeth Gould Davis Quotes | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.quoteland.com/author.asp?AUTHOR_ID=2176 | work =Quoteland | pages = | accessdate = 2008-09-21 | language = }}</ref> that men say they don't mind women being successful but require femininity when feminine qualities work against success,<ref name="Elizabeth Gould Davis Quotes" /> and that a matriarchy should replace the existing patriarchy.<ref>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.</ref> Prof. Ginette Castro criticized Davis' position as grounded "in the purest female chauvinism."<ref>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).</ref>
She argued in ''The First Sex'' that congenital killers and criminals have two Y chromosomes,<ref name="Elizabeth Gould Davis Quotes">{{cite news|first= |last= |coauthors= |title=Elizabeth Gould Davis Quotes |date= |publisher= |url=http://www.quoteland.com/author.asp?AUTHOR_ID=2176 |work=Quoteland |pages= |accessdate=2008-09-21 |language= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212052901/http://www.quoteland.com:80/author.asp?AUTHOR_ID=2176 |archivedate=2008-02-12 |df= }}</ref> that men say they don't mind women being successful but require femininity when feminine qualities work against success,<ref name="Elizabeth Gould Davis Quotes" /> and that a matriarchy should replace the existing patriarchy.<ref>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.</ref> Prof. Ginette Castro criticized Davis' position as grounded "in the purest female chauvinism."<ref>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).</ref>


==Bibliography==
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For other people named Elizabeth Davis, see Elizabeth Davis (disambiguation).
Elizabeth Gould Davis
Born1910
Kansas, United States
Died1974 (aged 63–64)
OccupationAuthor, librarian
NationalityAmerican
EducationMaster's degree in librarianship
Alma materUniversity of Kentucky
Period1971
Literary movementSecond-wave feminism
Notable worksThe First Sex

Elizabeth Gould Davis (1910–1974) was an American librarian who wrote a feminist book called The First Sex.

Biography

She was born in Kansas, United States 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]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b "Elizabeth Gould Davis Quotes". Quoteland. Archived from the original on 2008-02-12. Retrieved 2008-09-21. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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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