Ann Barr Snitow
Ann Barr Snitow | |
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| Born | May 9, 1943 Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | August 10, 2019 (aged 76) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Feminist activist, writer, teacher |
Ann Barr Snitow (May 9, 1943 – August 10, 2019) was an American feminist activist, writer and teacher.[1] She was a co-founder of the New York Radical Feminists, and the (co-)author and (co-)editor of several books.
Life
Snitow was born in New York City. She took her doctorate in London and returned to her home city where she was a founding member of the New York Radical Feminists in 1969 with her friend Ellen Willis.[2]
In the 1970s she became known for her talks on the radio show Womankind. [3]
She was a serial movement founder. In 1977 she founded CARASA to campaign against sterilisation and for the right to abortion.[2]
In 1981 she gathered together people to form a feminist street theatre group whose message was pro abortion and to uncover female sexuality. Three years later she founded the similarly themed "FACT" which tried to reduce the impact of anti-pornography campaigners.[2] Snitow's approach was summarised as "Pro-sex" as she did not want to see more censorship.[4] In 1983 she brought together her thoughts about feminist sexuality, anti-pornography and prostitution in an essay titled "Powers of Desire: The Politics of Sexuality".
In 1998 she turned historian to recall "The Feminist Memoir Project" about her work.
In 2002 she founded the group "Take Back the Future".[2]
In 2015 she published "The Feminism of Uncertainty (2015)" which gathered together her lifetime of essays.
Founding member of...
- New York Radical Feminists in 1969
- CARASA (Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse), 1977
- "No More Nice Girls", 1981, a feminist street theater group focused primarily on abortion and sexuality;
- FACT (Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce), 1984, opposing the feminist anti-pornography movement
- Network of East-West Women, 199? with Katha Pollitt[4]
- Take Back the Future, 2002
Selected works
- Snitow, Ann Barr; Stansell, Christine; Thompson, Sharon, eds. (1983). Powers of Desire: The Politics of Sexuality. New York: Monthly Review Press. ISBN 9789350020203.
- DuPlessis, Rachel Blau; Snitow, Ann Barr, eds. (1998). The Feminist Memoir Project: Voices from Women's Liberation. New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 9780813539737.
- Snitow, Ann Barr (2015). The Feminism of Uncertainty: A Gender Diary. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822375678. OCLC 914715351.
References
- ^ Seelye, Katharine Q. (August 11, 2019). "Ann Snitow, Feminist Teacher and Activist, Dies at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Shulman, Alix Kates (August 13, 2019). "Remembering Ann Snitow, the Feminist Activist Who Embraced Uncertainty". The Nation. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- ^ Tanenbaum, Laura (August 17, 2019). "Ann Snitow (1943–2019)". Jacobin. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- ^ a b Pollitt, Katha (August 14, 2019). "Ann Snitow, 1943–2019". Dissent. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
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