Louise Armstrong
Louise Armstrong | |
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Born | March 17, 1937 |
Died | August 10, 2008 | (aged 71)
Occupation | Author, activist |
Spouse | Tom Hawley |
Children | 2, including Noah Hawley |
Louise Armstrong (March 17, 1937 – August 10, 2008)family violence, and sexual abuse. Her book, Kiss Daddy Goodnight, published by Pocket Books in 1978, is a groundbreaking work on incest.[1][2]
Armstrong was faculty of the Institute of Children's Literature and chaired a committee on family violence for the National Women's Health Network (1979–84).[2] Armstrong also wrote for magazines, including Woman's Day and Connecticut Magazine, On the Issues.[citation needed]
Her son is
Emmy Award-winning television producer and filmmaker Noah Hawley.[1]
Published works
Adult books
- Of 'Sluts' and 'Bastards': A Feminist Decodes the Child Welfare Debate (Common Courage Press, 1996)
- Rocking the Cradle of Sexual Politics, What Happened When Women Said Incest (Addison-Wesley, 1994; The Women's Press, 1996)
- And They Call It Help, The Psychiatric Policing of America's Children (Addison-Wesley, 1993)
- Solomon Says, A Speakout on Foster Care (Pocket Books, 1989)
- Kiss Daddy Goodnight: Ten Years Later (Pocket Books, 1987)
- The Home Front, Notes from the Family War Zone (McGraw-Hill, 1983)
- Kiss Daddy Goodnight, A Speakout on Incest (Pocket Books, 1978).
- Saving the Big Deal Baby (E.P. Dutton, 1980)
Children's books
- A Child's Guide to Freud, Illustrated, Whitney Darrow, Jr.(Simon & Schuster, 1963).
- How to Turn Lemons Into Money, A Child's Guide to Economics (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975).
- How to Turn Up into Down, A Child's Guide to Inflation, Depression, and Economic Recovery (HBJ, 1978).
- How to Turn War into Peace, A Child's Guide to Conflict Resolution (HBJ, 1979).
- Arthur Gets What He Spills (HBJ, 1979)
Collected works
Contributed chapters in the following numerous collected works, both academic and trade.
- Sexual Liberals and the Attack on Feminism (eds: Dorchen Leidholdt and Janice G. Raymond; Pergamon Press, 1990);
- Radically Speaking, Feminism Reclaimed (eds: Diane Bell and Renate Klein; Zed Books, 1996);
- Feminist Foremothers in Women's Studies, Psychology, Mental Health (eds: Phyllis Chesler, Esther D. Rothblum, Ellen Cole; Haworth Press, 1995); and
- Home Truths About Child Sexual Abuse: Influencing Policy and Practice (ed: Catherine Itzin; London: Routledge, 2000).
References
- ^ a b c Bindel, Julie (2008-09-24). "Louise Armstrong". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ ISBN 9780252031892.