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Leaving the Women’s Movement

JL;DR SUMMARY Gloria Z. Greenfield, once a leader in the radical feminist movement, left the women's movement in 1983, citing the pervasive antisemitism she experienced as one of its leaders and publishers. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityZionismFeminismJewish OrganizationsPublishingWomen's MovementGloria Z. GreenfieldRadical FeminismPersephone Press

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New York, United States
"Greenfield was born in 1950 in Coney Island and raised on Long Island. Much of her early activist energy went toward feminism: She received her Bachelor of Arts in communications with a minor in womens studies in 1974 from the State University of New York at Oswego..."
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
"The company is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she now lives."
Israel
"Growing up, Greenfields father told her and her sister that if the Jewish people and/or the state of Israel were ever in trouble, that we had to go fight."

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