TI-GRACE ATKINSON


'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. From 1956 until 1961 she was married to a high-school boyfriend.[2]
She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1964."Ti-Grace Atkinson", Tufts University Philosophy Faculty page. Retrieved April 23, 2007. She joined the National Organization for Women, became its New York chapter's president in 1967[3], then in 1968 left[4] and founded The Feminists, a radical feminist group active until 1973. By 1971 she had written several pamphlets on feminism, was a member of the Daughters of Bilitis and was advocating specifically political lesbianism.[5] Her most famous book, ''Amazon Odyssey'' was published in 1974.[6]

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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)

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References


1. Heterosexuality: a feminism and psychology reader, Sue Wilkinson, Celia Kitzinger, , , Sage Publications, 1993, ISBN 0803988230
2. Leaders from the 1960s: A Biographical Sourcebook of American Activism, David De Leon, , , Greenwood Press, 1994, ISBN 0313274142
3. Movement Chronology, Civil War-Present
4. National Organization for Women (NOW) at glbtq.com.
5. Kate Bedford and Ara Wilson Lesbian Feminist Chronology: 1971-1976
6. Loose Women, Lecherous Men: a feminist philosophy of sex, Linda J. LeMoncheck, , , Oxford University Press, 1997, ISBN 0195105559
7. Identities: Race, Class, Gender, and Nationality, Eduardo Mendieta, Linda Alcoff, , , Blackwell Publishing, 2003, ISBN 0631217231
8. Enactments: American Modes and Psychohistorical Models, Daniel Dervin, , , Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996, ISBN 0838635911

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★ Ti-Grace Atkinson speaks to the Feminist Art program at the California State University at Fresno. Retrieved April 23, 2007.

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