Leonore Davidoff
Leonore Davidoff (31 January 1932 - 19 October 2014) was a feminist historian and sociologist, who pioneered new approaches to women's history and gender relations.[1][2] She helped create the Feminist Library in London in 1975.[1] For much of her academic career, Davidoff was based at the University of Essex in the UK.[3]
Biography
Davidoff was born in New York in 1932, as the second of four children of Ida and Leo Davidoff, impoverished Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe.[4][1] Davidoff's later childhood in a small white Protestant community in Connecticut, served as an "early lesson in marginality".[4] Her father became a neurosurgeon, and her mother an early women's rights supporter and marriage counsellor. Her brother and older sister were also doctors.[4][1] Davidoff, however, chose to study music as a first degree at Oberlin College Ohio, later switching to sociology. She went on to do an MA at the London School of Economics in 1956.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d John, Angela V. (6 November 2014). "Leonore Davidoff obituary". The Guardian www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ a b Reisz, Matthew (13 November 2014). "Leonore Davidoff, 1932-2014". Times Higher Education www.timeshighereducation.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "Department of Sociology". University of Essex www.essex.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ a b c Thompson, Paul (19 November 2014). "Leonore Davidoff". The Independent www.independent.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2014.