Judy brady autobiography vs biography
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- Bib ID:
- 245316
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Brady, Veronica, 1929-
- Description:
- Pymble, N.S.W. : Angus & Robertson, 1998
- xii, 586 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0207188572 (hardback)
- Summary:
The lifestory of an Australian poet, renowned for her committment to the land and those who inhabit it - Recognized for her efforts to save our environment and as a passionate advocate of Aboriginal rights.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
- Subject:
- Copyright:
In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication
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Judy Brady Syfers
American feminist and writer
Judith Ellen Brady Syfers (April 26, 1937 – May 14, 2017) was an American feminist and writer. She was involved in consciousness raising and wrote the essay "I Want a Wife" which was published in the first edition of Ms. magazine. She later became an activist focusing on the political and environmental factors leading to breast cancer.
Early life
[edit]Brady Syfers was born Judith Ellen Brady in San Francisco, California, on April 26, 1937. Her parents were Mildred Edie and Robert Alexander Brady and her sister was Joan Brady and she grew up in Berkeley, California. She graduated from Anna Head School in 1955, before attending the Cooper Union in New York City.[1] She received a B.F.A. in painting from the University of Iowa in 1962, where she met her future husband, James Syfers.[1][2] She considered pursuing a masters but the selection committee advised her not to continue her studies as she
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‘I Want a Wife,’ the Timeless ’70s Feminist Manifesto
As it appeared in New York magazine, December 20–27, 1971.
In 1971, New York’s year-end issue included a 30-page preview of a new magazine. Ms. was its name, and Gloria Steinem, a New York columnist since our own launch three years earlier, was its founding editor. (The table of contents read “Ms. is devoted to today’s women considered as full human beings.”) One of the shortest pieces in the package — just one page — turned out to be one of the most durable: “I Want a Wife,” by Judy Syfers. She’d written it as a speech for a rally in San Francisco the previous year, and it also appeared in the premiere stand-alone issue of Ms. shortly thereafter.
Syfers — who soon retook her unmarried name, Judy Brady — continued to work as an activist for the rest of her life, traveling to Cuba and Nicaragua and working to fight environmental pollution. She died at the age of 80 this past May. Her essay presages the idea