Ti-Grace Atkinson
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Ti-Grace Atkinson (born 9 November 1938, Baton Rouge, Louisiana as Grace Atkinson) is an American feminist author.[1]
Atkinson was born into a prominent Louisiana family, and the "Ti-" in Ti-Grace reflects the French word "petit" (in which the final T is silent). From 1956 until 1961 she was married to a high-school boyfriend.[2]
She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1964.[3] She joined the National Organization for Women, became its New York chapter's president in 1967[4], then in 1968 left[5] and founded The Feminists, a radical feminist group active until 1973. By 1971 she had written several pamphlets on feminism and was advocating specifically political lesbianism.[6] Her most famous book, Amazon Odyssey was published in 1974.[7]
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[edit] Bibliography
- "The Institution of Sexual Intercourse" (pamphlet, 1968, published by The Feminists)
- "Vaginal orgasm as a mass hysterical survival response" (pamphlet, 1968, published by The Feminists)
- "Radical Feminism" (pamphlet, 1969, published by The Feminists)
- "Radical Feminism and Love" (pamphlet, 1969, published by The Feminists)
- Amazon Odyssey (1974)
[edit] Quotes
| “ | If feminism has any logical at all, it must be working for a sexless society. | ” |
| “ | The institution of sexual intercourse is anti-feminist. | ” |
[edit] References
- ^ Sue Wilkinson, Celia Kitzinger (1993). Heterosexuality: a feminism and psychology reader . Sage Publications. ISBN 0803988230.
- ^ David De Leon (1994). Leaders from the 1960s: A Biographical Sourcebook of American Activism . Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313274142.
- ^ Biographical notes on Tufts University site
- ^ Movement Chronology, Civil War-Present
- ^ National Organization for Women (NOW) at glbtq.com.
- ^ Kate Bedford and Ara Wilson Lesbian Feminist Chronology: 1971-1976
- ^ Linda J. LeMoncheck (1997). Loose Women, Lecherous Men: a feminist philosophy of sex . Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195105559.
- ^ Eduardo Mendieta, Linda Alcoff (2003). Identities: Race, Class, Gender, and Nationality . Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 0631217231.
- ^ Daniel Dervin (1996). Enactments: American Modes and Psychohistorical Models . Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 0838635911.
