Marilyn French
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Marilyn French (November 21, 1929 – May 2, 2009) was an American author. She was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to E. Charles Edwards and Isabel Hazz Edwards.
In her work, French asserted that women's oppression is an intrinsic part of the male-dominated global culture. Beyond Power: On Women, Men and Morals (1985) is a historical examination of the effects of patriarchy on the world. The War Against Women (1992) is a criticism of patriarchy.
French's 1977 novel, The Women's Room, follows the lives of Mira and her friends in 1950s and 1960s America, including Val, a militant radical feminist. The novel portrays the details of the lives of women at this time and also the feminist movement of this era in the United States. At one point in the book the character Val says "all men are rapists". This quote has often been incorrectly attributed to Marilyn French herself. French's first book was a thesis on James Joyce.
Death
French died from heart failure aged 79 on May 2, 2009 in Manhattan, New York City. She is survived by her son Robert and daughter Jamie.
Selected bibliography
- The Book as World: James Joyce's Ulysses (1976)
- The Women's Room (1977) ISBN 0-345-35361-7
- The Bleeding Heart (1980)
- Shakespeare's Division of Experience (1981)
- Beyond Power: On Women, Men, and Morals (1985)
- Her Mother's Daughter (1987)
- The War Against Women (1992)
- Our Father (1993)
- My Summer with George (1996)
- A Season in Hell: A Memoir (1998)
- Introduction: Almost Touching the Skies (2000)
- Women's History of the World (2000)
- From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in Three Volumes (2002)
- The Love Children (2005)
- In the Name of Friendship (2006)
