Lydia Sargent

Lydia Sargent (born January 10, 1942) is an American feminist, writer, author, playwright, and actor.

Lydia Sargent
Born (1942-01-10) January 10, 1942
NationalityAmerican
GenrePlaywright
Literary movementFeminism

Biography

She was a founder and original member of the South End Press Collective, as well as Z Magazine, which she co-edits and co-produces. She organizes the Z Communications Institute every year as well as teaching classes there. She is also a member of the interim consultative committee of the International Organization for a Participatory Society.[1]

Her plays include "I Read About My Death In Vogue Magazine" and "Playbook" with Maxine Klein and Howard Zinn. She is the editor of Women and Revolution: The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism,[2] which features a lead essay by Heidi Hartmann.[3] Lydia Sargent wrote the long-running "Hotel Satire" column for Z Magazine, "where gals come to learn their true purpose on this earth, i.e., to service men".[4]

References
  1. "International Organization for a Participatory Society: Consultative Committee". International Organization for a Participatory Society. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
  2. Sargent, Lydia (ed.). Women and revolution: a discussion of the unhappy marriage of Marxism and Feminism. South End Press Political Controversies Series. Boston, Massachusetts: South End Press. ISBN 9780896080621.
  3. Hartmann, Heidi (1981), "The unhappy marriage of Marxism and feminism: towards a more progressive union", in Sargent, Lydia (ed.), Women and revolution: a discussion of the unhappy marriage of Marxism and Feminism, South End Press Political Controversies Series, Boston, Massachusetts: South End Press, pp. 1–42, ISBN 9780896080621.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. Sargent, Lydia. "Bootilicious!". Z Magazine. ZCommunications. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
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