Clare Hollingworth was an English journalist and author. She was the first war correspondent to report the outbreak of World War II. She was appointed OBE for “services to journalism” in 1982. Hollingworth was described as “the undisputed doyenne of war correspondents” for her “depth of technical, tactical and strategic insight”. In addition to her journalism, …
Hannah Arendt was a German-born American political philosopher who is widely considered one of the most important political thinkers of the 20th century. Arendt is best known for The Origins of Totalitarianism which details her study of the Nazi and Stalinist regimes including the evils of anti-Semitism, imperialism, and racism. Her work generated a wide-ranging …
For #LGBThistorymonth I will be posting an #lgbtq #womaninhistory every day. Today is Josephine Ho, one of the most known feminist scholars in Taiwan. She is called “the godmother of the Taiwanese queer movement.” Ho has been a women’s rights activist since the 1990s when she led Taiwan’s first demonstration against sexual harassment, and devised …
For #LGBThistorymonth I will be posting an #lgbtq #womaninhistory every day. Today is Amal Aden, a Somali–Norwegian author, lecturer and lesbian activist. Aden is a strong voice within the Norwegian LGBT movement. Aden published her first book in 2008. Her writing provides a unique insight into the social and psychological dynamics that exist in the …
For #LGBThistorymonth I will be posting an #lgbtq #womaninhistory every day. Today is Helen Zia, a Chinese-American journalist, award winning author and activist for Asian American and LGBTQ rights. Zia is a second generation Chinese American and has been outspoken on social justice issues ranging from human rights and peace to women’s rights and countering …
For #LGBThistorymonth I will be posting an #lgbtq #womaninhistory every day. Today is Christine Delphy, a French sociologist, feminist, writer and theorist known for pioneering materialist feminism. Delphy co-founded the French Women’s Liberation Movement (Mouvement de Libération des Femmes, or MLF) in 1970 and the journal Nouvelles questions féministes (New Feminist Issues) with Simone de …
For #LGBThistorymonth I will be posting an #lgbtq #womaninhistory every day. Today is Willa Cather, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and one of the most prominent American writers of the early 20th century. She is best known for her novels “O Pioneers!” and “My Antonia.” Cather is now widely understood to be a lesbian. She lived …
For #LGBThistorymonth I will be posting a #womaninhistory every day. Today is Sofi Oksanen, a Finnish-Estonian writer and playwright. Oksanen has published five novels, of which Purge earned her the title of “literary phenomenon” and a number of awards. The novel has since been translated into more than 40 languages. Oksanen is actively involved in …
For #LGBThistorymonth I will be posting a #womaninhistory every day. Today is Juno Dawson a screenwriter, journalist and best-selling novelist of young adult and non-fiction including This Book is Gay, Margot & Me, and The Gender Games. Dawson’s books frequently feature LGBTQ+ people and she has fiercely advocated for other authors to feature more …
For #LGBThistorymonth I will be posting a #womaninhistory every day. Today is Radclyffe Hall, an English poet and author. She is best known for the novel The Well of Loneliness, a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature which was thought obscene at the time and subsequently banned in Britain and the U.S. Hall had omitted sections …