Diana E. H. Russell

Diana E. H. Russell (6 November 1938 – 28 July 2020)

Russell was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, a twin and the fourth of the six children of a South African father, James Hamilton Russell, and a British mother, Kathleen Mary (née Gibson) Russell. She attended Herschel Girls' School, an Anglican boarding school for girls.^[5][6] After completing her Bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Cape Town, at the age of 19, Russell left for Britain.^[2]

In Britain, she enrolled in a Post-Graduate Diploma in Social Science and Administration at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 1961, she passed the Diploma with Distinction and also received the prize for the best student in the program.^[7] She moved to the United States, in 1963 where she had been accepted into an interdisciplinary PhD program at Harvard University. Her research focused on sociology and the study of revolution.^[2]

Russell's radical activism began with her involvement in the

Simone de Beauvoir in her introductory speech to the Tribunal said: "I salute the International Tribunal as the beginning of the radical decolonization of women." Later, Belgian feminist and journalist Nicole Van de Ven documented with Diana the event in a book, Crimes Against Women: The Proceedings of the International Tribunal (1976).

Redefining and politicizing "femicide"

In 1976 Russell redefined '

In 1993, Russell initiated an organization called Women United Against Incest, which supports incest survivors with legal assistance against their perpetrators. Similarly, she created the first TV program in South Africa where incest survivors talk in person about their experiences.[11]

In 1977, Russell became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP).^[13] WIFP is an American nonprofit publishing organization. The organization works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media.

Works

Books

• Russell, Diana E. H. (1974). The politics of rape: the victim's perspective. New York: Stein and Day.
  OCLC 1165996
  .
• Russell, Diana E. H. (1975). Rebellion, revolution and armed force: comparative study of fifteen countries with special emphasis on Cuba and South Africa. New York: Academic Press.
  OCLC 886393
  .
• Russell, Diana E .H.; van de Ven, Nicole (1976). Crimes against women: international tribunal proceedings. Millbrae, California: Les-Femmes Publishing.
  OCLC 2464570
  . Conference proceedings.
• Russell, Diana E. H.;
  OCLC 7877113
  .
• Russell, Diana E. H. (1984). Sexual exploitation: rape, child sexual abuse, and workplace harassment. Beverly Hills, California:
  OCLC 10696523
  .
• Russell, Diana E. H. (1986). The secret trauma: incest in the lives of girls and women. New York: Basic Books.
  OCLC 12974265
  .
• Russell, Diana E. H. (1989). Exposing nuclear phallacies. New York: Pergamon Press.
  OCLC 18625199
  .
• Russell, Diana E. H. (1989). Lives of courage: women for a New South Africa. New York: Basic Books.
  OCLC 19723691
  .
• Russell, Diana E. H. (1990). Rape in marriage. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press.
  OCLC 8451646
  .
• Russell, Diana E. H.; Radford, Jill (1992). Femicide: the politics of woman killing. New York Toronto: Twayne Publishers.
  OCLC 25367570. Front cover.
• Russell, Diana E. H. (September 1993). Against pornography: the evidence of harm. Berkeley, California: Russell Publishing.
  OCLC 29988342
  .
• Russell, Diana E. H. (December 1993). Making violence sexy: feminist views on pornography. Buckingham: Open University Press.
  OCLC 27106001
  .
• Russell, Diana E. H. (1997). Behind closed doors in White South Africa: incest survivors tell their stories. Jo Campling (consulting editor). New York: St Martin's Press.
  OCLC 36066137
  .
• Russell, Diana E. H. (1998). Dangerous relationships: pornography, misogyny and rape. Thousand Oaks, California:
  OCLC 38257798
  .
• Russell, Diana E. H.; Bolen, Rebecca M. (2000). The epidemic of rape and child sexual abuse in the United States. Thousand Oaks, California:
  OCLC 43384742
  .
• Russell, Diana E. H.; Harmes, Roberta A. (2001). Femicide in global perspective. New York: Teachers College Press.
  OCLC 45304762
  .

• Russell, Diana E. H. (1983). "Research on how women experience the impact of pornography". In Copp, David; Wendell, Susan (eds.). Pornography and censorship. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books.
  ISBN 9780879751821
  .
• Russell, Diana E. H. (1992). "Nikki Craft: Inspiring protest: Introduction". In Russell, Diana E. H.; Radford, Jill (eds.). Femicide: the politics of woman killing. New York Toronto: Twayne Publishers. pp. 325–327.
  ISBN 9780805790283. Pdf.

See also:

"The incredible case of the Stack o' Wheat prints" by Nikki Craft pp. 327-331.

"The evidence of pain" by D. A. Clarke pp. 331–336.

"The rampage against Penthouse" by Melissa Farley pp. 339–345.

• Russell, Diana E. H. (2002). "Pornography causes violence". In Cothran, Helen (ed.). Pornography.
  OCLC 45698745
  . Series editors: Mary E. Odom and Jody Clay-Warner.
• Russell, Diana E. H. (2011). "Russell's theory: exposure to child pornography as a cause of child sexual victimization". In
  ISBN 9781876756895
  .