Elizabeth Janeway
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Elizabeth Janeway | |
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Rye, New York | |
| Education | B.A. Barnard College |
| Occupation | Author |
| Spouse | Eliot Janeway |
| Children | Michael C. Janeway William H. Janeway |
Elizabeth Janeway (née Hall) (October 7, 1913 – January 15, 2005) was an American author and critic.
Biography
Born Elizabeth Ames Hall in Brooklyn, New York, her naval architect father and homemaker mother fell on hard times during the Depression, leading her to end her Swarthmore College education and help support the family by creating bargain-basement sale slogans (she graduated from Barnard College just a few years later, in 1935).[1]
Intent on becoming an author, Janeway took the same
The Janeways mingled with
At the behest of
Janeway finally finished Girls in 1943 while awaiting the birth of her second child; she signed the contract with the publishers while en route to the hospital. A later novel, 1949's The Question of Gregory, attracted attention due to the eerie similarities between Gregory and James Forrestal, a defense secretary and acquaintance of the Janeways who committed suicide. Janeway denied any connection between fact and fiction; she said the real theme of the book was "liberals in trouble".
All in all, Janeway wrote seven novels; one, 1945's Daisy Kenyon, was made into a
From 1965–1969, she served as president of the Authors Guild, addressing lawmakers about copyright protection and other matters.
Many of Janeway's early works focused on the family situation, with occasional glimpses at the struggles of women in modern society. In the early 1970s, she began a more explicitly feminist path with works such as Man's World, Woman's Place: A Study of Social Mythology. She befriended Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, and Kate Millett, and was strongly in favor of abortion rights. Janeway continued to write and go on lecture tours. She learned to speak Russian so she could visit the Soviet Union.
Janeway was a judge for the
Elizabeth Hall Janeway died in 2005 at her
The Star Trek: Voyager character Kathryn Janeway originally shared her name, but writers changed the name after learning of her.[2]
References
- ^ Janeway, Elizabeth. "Snoop, Ask, and Be Devious" Barnard Alumnae Magazine (February 1959): 4-5. via Internet Archive.
- ^ The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future Updated and Expanded Edition by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda, page 219.
Further reading
- Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (January 16, 2005). "Elizabeth Janeway, 91, Critic, Novelist and an Early Feminist, Is Dead". The New York Times.
External links
- Obituary at The Guardian
- More Janeway quotes at thinkexist.com
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