Jill Johnston
American feminist author (1929–2010) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Jill Johnson.
For the curler, see Jill Shumay.
Jill Johnston (May 17, 1929 – September 18, 2010) was a British-born American feminist author and cultural critic. She is most famous for her radical lesbian feminism book, Lesbian Nation and was a longtime writer for The Village Voice. She was also a leader of the lesbian separatist movement of the 1970s.[1][2][3] Johnston also wrote under the pen name F. J. Crowe.[4]
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Born | Jill Crowe (1929-05-17)May 17, 1929 London, England |
Died | September 18, 2010(2010-09-18) (aged 81) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
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Employer | The Village Voice |
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Children | 2 |
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Relatives | Nora Johnston (aunt) |
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Pen name | F. J. Crowe |
Literary movement | Lesbian feminist activism |
Notable works | Lesbian Nation (1973) |
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