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Kate Millett

1934 - 2017

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Katherine Murray Millett (September 14, 1934 – September 6, 2017) was an American feminist writer, educator, artist, and activist. She attended the University of Oxford and was the first American woman to be awarded a degree with first-class honors after studying at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She has been described as "a seminal influence on second-wave feminism", and is best known for her book Sexual Politics (1970), which was based on her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University. Journalist Liza Featherstone attributes the attainment of previously unimaginable "legal abortion, greater professional equality between the sexes, and a sexual freedom" in part to Millett's efforts. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kate Millett is the 2,114th most popular writer (up from 2,405th in 2019), the 3,070th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,026th in 2019) and the 247th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Kate Millett ranks 2,114 out of 7,302. Before her are Jordan of Saxony, Kingsley Amis, Maximus the Greek, Dionysios Solomos, Guan Hanqing, and Benoît de Sainte-Maure. After her are Niccolò de' Niccoli, Arthur Young, Kim Bu-sik, Fan Zhongyan, John W. Campbell, and Robin Sharma.

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Among people born in 1934, Kate Millett ranks 142. Before her are Lucien Muller, Jean Ziegler, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma, Sarah Kofman, Ken Matthews, and Jean Marsh. After her are Francesco Monterisi, Joan Didion, Mohamed Ennaceur, Bill Cobbs, Lucien Bianchi, and Tatiana Samoilova. Among people deceased in 2017, Kate Millett ranks 133. Before her are Lyudmila Chernykh, Anne Golon, Miguel Ferrer, Tomas Milian, Marjorie Boulton, and Bruce McCandless II. After her are Jerry Fodor, Raymond Smullyan, Brian Aldiss, Félix Mourinho, Omar Abdel-Rahman, and Igor Shafarevich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kate Millett ranks 3,070 out of 20,380. Before her are Alan Hale Jr. (1921), Craig Mello (1960), Lin Shaye (1943), Al Martino (1927), Bill Duke (1943), and Charles Eames (1907). After her are John W. Campbell (1910), Henry Winkler (1945), Al Di Meola (1954), Jeffrey Hunter (1926), John Landis (1950), and William Steig (1907).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Kate Millett ranks 247. Before her are Bernard Malamud (1914), Eugene Nida (1914), Tom Wolfe (1930), James E. Gunn (1923), Carl Sandburg (1878), and Edmond Hamilton (1904). After her are John W. Campbell (1910), William Steig (1907), Lewis Mumford (1895), Harold Bloom (1930), Joan Didion (1934), and John Kennedy Toole (1937).

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