Feminism: A Jewish Adversary Movement Against Gentile Culture



by VNN research staff

Here is a list of some of the Jewish founders and leaders of the modern feminist revolution. Keep in mind that this list is by no means complete -- these women are simply the better known within the feminist movement; thousands of lesser-known Jewish women lead local and obscure feminist groups[1]:



Gloria Steinem (1934- ); founder, Ms. Magazine.



Bella Abzug (1920-1998); Civil rights and labor attorney elected to Congress (House of Rep.) from New York City; served 1971-1977.



Betty Friedan (1921- ); feminist leader and author of the book The Feminine Mystique (1963).



Shulamith Firestone (1945- ); Canadian feminist. Wrote The Dialectic of Sex (1970).



Andrea Dworkin (1946- ); radical lesbian. Author of the book Intercourse (1987).



Susan Brownmiller (1935- ); U.S. feminist. Wrote the book Against Our Will (1975).



Susan Faludi (1959- ); author of the book Backlash (1992).



Naomi Wolf (1962- ); advisor to Al Gore in the 2000 U.S. presidential election.



Emma Goldman (1869-1940); early U.S. feminist.



Ernestine Rose (1810-1892); b. in Poland; early feminist.



Phyllis Chesler (1941- ); U.S. feminist; author of the book Woman's Inhumanity to Woman (2002).



Judy Chicago (Cohen) (1939- ); U.S. feminist. Author of the book The Dinner Party (1996).



Robin Morgan (1941- ); U.S. feminist. Former editor-in-chief, Ms. magazine.



Letty Cottin Pogrebin (1939- ); U.S. feminist; co-founded Ms. magazine.



Gerda Lerner (1920- ); b. in Austria.



Annie Nathan Meyer (1867-1951); U.S. feminist.



Maud Nathan (1862-1946); sister of Annie Nathan Meyer; U.S. feminist.



Geri Palast (1950- ); chair, Committee on Women in the Global Economy; U.S. feminist.



Rose Schneiderman (1882-1972); b. in Poland.



Anita Pollitzer (1894-1975); U.S. feminist; pal of artist Georgia O'Keeffe.



Gene Boyer (no birthyear available); a founder of N.O.W.; president of Jewish Feminists; U.S. feminist.



Lucy Komisar (1942- ); author of the book The New Feminism (1971); U.S. feminist.



Karen Nussbaum (1950- ); (apparently Jewish); leader of 9 to 5 -- National Association of Working Women.



Eleanor Flexner (1908-1995); (apparently Jewish -- relative is a Zionist); U.S. feminist.



Riane Eisler (1931- ); b. Vienna; author/feminist; (apparently Jewish -- fled Nazis). Author of the book The Chalice and the Blade (1987).



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1. sources include Jewish author Dr. Joshua Halberstam's book Schmoozing, 1997, Perigee; also web searches, and the author's personal files and notes.



