Shulamith Firestone  

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Shulamith "Shulie" Firestone (January 7, 1945 – August 28, 2012) was a Canadian-American radical feminist. A central figure in the early development of radical feminism and second-wave feminism, Firestone was a founding member of three radical-feminist groups: New York Radical Women, Redstockings, and New York Radical Feminists.

In 1970, Firestone authored The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution. Published in September of that year, the book became an influential feminist text. Naomi Wolf said of the book in 2012: "No one can understand how feminism has evolved without reading this radical, inflammatory, second-wave landmark."

Works

• (1968). "The Women's Rights Movement in the U.S.: A New View". Notes from the First Year. New York: New York Radical Women.
• (1968). "The Jeanette Rankin Brigade: Woman Power?". Notes from the First Year. New York: New York Radical Women.
• (1968). "On Abortion", Notes from the First Year. New York: New York Radical Women.
• (1968). "When Women Rap about Sex". Notes from the First Year. New York: New York Radical Women.
• (1968), ed. Notes from the First Year. New York: New York Radical Women.
• (1970), ed. Notes from the Second Year. New York: New York Radical Women.
• (1970). The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution. New York: William Morrow and Company.
• (1971), with Anne Koedt, eds. Notes from the Third Year. New York: New York Radical Women.
• (1998). Airless Spaces. New York: Semiotext(e).