American Writer, Educator, Artist, and Activist. She was the author of the 1970 groundbreaking bestseller 'Sexual Politics', which was an analysis of patriarchal power. Her theory was the foundation for a new approach to feminist thinking that became known as radical feminism. Millett went to the University of Minnesota, graduating in English literature in 1956, and then to St Hilda’s College, Oxford. She taught briefly at the University of North Carolina before focusing on sculpture in Japan and then New York. In 1965, she married the Japanese sculptor Fumio Yoshimura. During their open relationship, Millett had sexual relationships with a number of women. In 1968, she went to Columbia University, and 'Sexual Politics', based on her doctorate, was published in 1970. She wrote about the impact of her newfound fame in 'Flying' (1974) and followed this up with 'Sita' (1976), about her relationship with an older woman. In 1979, she traveled to Iran’s first International Women’s Day with her then partner, Sophie Keir, a photojournalist. They were arrested and expelled, an experience they documented in their book 'Going to Iran' (1981). Committed to mental health institutions by her family on various occasions, she became an activist in the anti-psychiatry movement, writing about her experiences in 'The Loony-Bin Trip' (1990). She also wrote 'The Politics of Cruelty' (1994), and 'Mother Millett' (2001). In 2012, Millett received the Yoko Ono Lennon Courage award for the arts, and in 2013, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in New York.
American Writer, Educator, Artist, and Activist. She was the author of the 1970 groundbreaking bestseller 'Sexual Politics', which was an analysis of patriarchal power. Her theory was the foundation for a new approach to feminist thinking that became known as radical feminism. Millett went to the University of Minnesota, graduating in English literature in 1956, and then to St Hilda’s College, Oxford. She taught briefly at the University of North Carolina before focusing on sculpture in Japan and then New York. In 1965, she married the Japanese sculptor Fumio Yoshimura. During their open relationship, Millett had sexual relationships with a number of women. In 1968, she went to Columbia University, and 'Sexual Politics', based on her doctorate, was published in 1970. She wrote about the impact of her newfound fame in 'Flying' (1974) and followed this up with 'Sita' (1976), about her relationship with an older woman. In 1979, she traveled to Iran’s first International Women’s Day with her then partner, Sophie Keir, a photojournalist. They were arrested and expelled, an experience they documented in their book 'Going to Iran' (1981). Committed to mental health institutions by her family on various occasions, she became an activist in the anti-psychiatry movement, writing about her experiences in 'The Loony-Bin Trip' (1990). She also wrote 'The Politics of Cruelty' (1994), and 'Mother Millett' (2001). In 2012, Millett received the Yoko Ono Lennon Courage award for the arts, and in 2013, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in New York.
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