Elizabeth Gould Davis

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name = Elizabeth Gould Davis


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birthdate = 1910
birthplace = Kansas, USA
deathdate = Death year and age|1974|1910
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occupation = Author, librarian
nationality = American
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education = Master's degree in librarianship
alma_mater = University of Kentucky
period = 1971
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movement = Second-wave feminism
notableworks = "The First Sex"
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Elizabeth Gould Davis (1910–1974) was an American librarian who wrote a feminist book called "The First Sex".

Biography

She was born in Kansas, USA in 1910 and earned her master's degree in librarianship at the University of Kentucky in 1951. She worked as a librarian at Sarasota, Florida and while there wrote "The First Sex." She died in 1974.

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quote="...congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, as it were, of genetically undesirable maleness."|source=Line in The First Sex [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Elizabeth Gould Davis Quotes | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.quoteland.com/author.asp?AUTHOR_ID=2176 | work =Quoteland | pages = | accessdate = 2008-09-21 | language = ] |align=left|width=60%

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quote="Men insist that they don’t mind women succeeding so long as they retain their “femininity”. Yet the qualities that men consider “feminine” timidity, submissiveness, obedience, silliness, and self-debasement—are the very qualities best guaranteed to assure the defeat of even the most gifted aspirant."|source=Line in The First Sex [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Elizabeth Gould Davis Quotes | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.quoteland.com/author.asp?AUTHOR_ID=2176 | work =Quoteland | pages = | accessdate = 2008-09-21 | language = ] |align=right|width=50%

*(1971) "The First Sex", Penguin Books, (ISBN 0-1400-3504-4)

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