Ti-Grace Atkinson
American radical feminist activist (born 1938) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Grace Atkinson (born November 9, 1938), better known as Ti-Grace Atkinson, is an American radical feminist activist, writer and philosopher.[2][page needed] She was an early member of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and presided over the New York chapter in from 1967-68, though she quickly grew disillusioned with the group. She left to form The Feminists, which she left a few years later due to internal disputes. Atkinson was a member of the Daughters of Bilitis and an advocate for political lesbianism. Atkinson has been largely inactive since the 1970s, but resurfaced in 2013 to co-author an open statement expressing radical feminists' concerns about what they perceived as the silencing of discussion around "the currently fashionable concept of gender."
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Born | Grace Atkinson (1938-11-09) November 9, 1938 (age 85) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
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Years active | 1968–1974 |
Organization | The Feminists (1968–1971) |
Movement | Radical feminism |
Spouse |
Charles Leeds Sharpless
(m. 1956; div. 1962) |