Sally Alexander
Sally Alexander Ruskin College, Oxford University College London | |
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Occupation(s) | Historian Feminist activist |
Employer | Goldsmiths, University of London |
Spouse | |
Children | Abigail Thaw |
Sally A. Alexander
Career
When she was sixteen, Alexander trained at the
Alexander was a founding editor of the History Workshop Journal, which was established in 1976, and was involved with Red Rag, a socialist feminist magazine. She taught in the extramural department of the University of London in the 1970s. She also taught history at the WEA and at Birkbeck College. She was a principal lecturer at the University of East London in history and cultural theory from 1992. She was also part of the advisory group for Virago Press.[2] As of 2018, Alexander is Emeritus Professor of Modern History at Goldsmiths, University of London. Aside from feminist history, her academic interests include the history of other social movements, of memory, and of psychoanalysis in Britain.[1]
Personal life
In the summer of 1964, Alexander married actor John Thaw; they divorced four years later. She has a daughter from this marriage, actress Abigail Thaw.[5]
Activism and legacy
Alexander is portrayed by Keira Knightley in the 2020 British comedy-drama Misbehaviour about the 1970 Miss World competition that Alexander and other members of the Women's Liberation movement disrupted with flour bombs.[3] Alexander’s granddaughter Molly Whitmey made a cameo in the Endeavour episode "Oracle" in February 2020 as the younger version of Alexander.[6]
Selected publications
- Becoming a Woman: And Other Essays in 19th and 20th Century Feminist History (London: Virago, 1994).
- (Co-edited with Barbara Taylor) History and Psyche: Culture, Psychoanalysis, and the Past (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).
References
- ^ a b "Professor Emeritus Sally Alexander", Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ OCLC 443679370.
- ^ ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "People: Sally Alexander", British Library
- ^ "Sally Alexander". Ruskin College Oxford. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "It's a family affair: John Thaw's daughter Abigail stars in Endeavour's new series 7 with daughter Molly playing her mother Sally..." Ox In A Box. 4 February 2020.