Kate Millett
American writer, educator, artist, and activist (1934–2017)
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- Born
- Katherine Murray Millett , ( 1934-09-14 ) September 14, 1934, Saint Paul, Minnesota , U.S.
- Died
- September 6, 2017 (2017-09-06) (aged 82), Paris , France
- Occupation
- Writer educator artist activist
- Education
- University of Minnesota ( BA ) St Hilda's College, Oxford ( MA ) Columbia University ( PhD )
- Notable works
- Sexual Politics (1970)
- Spouse
- Fumio Yoshimura ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1965 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1985 ) Sophie Keir (see § Marriage )
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Katherine Murray Millett (September 14, 1934 – September 6, 2017) was an American feminist writer, educator, artist, and activist. She attended the University of Oxford and was the first American woman to be awarded a degree with first-class honors after studying at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She has been described as "a seminal influence on second-wave feminism", and is best known for her book Sexual Politics (1970), which was based on her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University. Journalist Liza Featherstone attributes the attainment of previously unimaginable "legal abortion, greater professional equality between the sexes, and a sexual freedom" in part to Millett's efforts.
The feminist, human rights, peace, civil rights, and anti-psychiatry movements were some of Millett's principal causes. Her books were motivated by her activism, such as woman's rights and mental health reform, and several were autobiographical memoirs that explored her sexuality, mental health, and relationships. In the 1960s and 1970s, Millett taught at Waseda University, Bryn Mawr College, Barnard College, and the University of California, Berkeley. Some of her later written works are The Politics of Cruelty (1994), about state-sanctioned torture in many countries, and Mother Millett (2001), a book about her relationship with her mother. Between 2011 and 2013, she won the Lambda Pioneer Award for Literature, received Yoko Ono's Courage Award for the Arts, and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
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