Corrine Grad Coleman
Corrine Grad Coleman (1927–2004) was an American writer and
Early life and education
Corrine Grad was born in The Bronx on June 30, 1927. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from New York University.[1]
Career and activism
Coleman taught English in public schools in New York.
In the late 1960s, Coleman was active in the
Alongside Shulamith Firestone and Ellen Willis, she founded the radical women's liberation organization Redstockings, an offshoot of New York Radical Women.[5] She one of the editors of the Redstockings Manifesto of July 7, 1969. She was a leader of the hundred feminists who occupied the offices of the women's magazine Ladies' Home Journal for a day in 1970,[6] demanding that the magazine release an issue on women's liberation.[1] Coleman was a co-founder of the literary magazine Feelings: A Journal of Women's Liberation and served as its editor.[2] Some of her poetry is included in the magazine.[3]
Coleman was married to Joseph K. Coleman and had four children.[1][2] Anticipating her 1977 divorce from him, she devised guidelines for making the process of divorce equitable for women and wrote an article about divorce for the Ladies' Home Journal.[2]
At a memorial for
References
- ^ a b c d e f Koppel, Lily (July 11, 2004). "Corrine Grad Coleman, 77, Radical Feminist and Writer". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-252-03189-2. Archivedfrom the original on September 12, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ a b "VFA Obituaries". Veteran Feminists of America. Archived from the original on April 12, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-59884-357-6. Archivedfrom the original on September 12, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-7876-7585-1. Archivedfrom the original on September 3, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ "Corrine Coleman, 77". Chicago Tribune. July 11, 2004. Archived from the original on September 12, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ "Simone de Beauvoir Memorial Speakout May 1, 1986, Soho 20 Gallery, New York City". Redstockings. Archived from the original on July 19, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.