Elizabeth Gould Davis

Elizabeth Gould Davis (1910 – July 31, 1974) was an American librarian who wrote a feminist book called The First Sex.[1]

Elizabeth Gould Davis
Born1910
Kansas, United States
Died1974 (aged 63–64)
OccupationAuthor, librarian
EducationMaster's degree in librarianship
Alma materUniversity of Kentucky
Period1971
Literary movementSecond-wave feminism
Notable worksThe First Sex

Biography
Program card for Davis' January 14, 1931 speech at Chicago's unique Dil-Pickle Club

Davis was born in Kansas. "Miss Davis received her A. B. degree from Randolph- Macon College and, after a brief marriage, went on to earned her master's degree in librarianship at the University of Kentucky in 1951."[2] She worked as a librarian at Sarasota, Florida, and while there, wrote The First Sex.[2]

She argued in The First Sex that congenital killers and criminals have two Y chromosomes,[3] that men say they don't mind women being successful but require femininity when feminine qualities work against success,[3] and that a matriarchy should replace the existing patriarchy.[4] Prof. Ginette Castro criticized Davis' position as grounded "in the purest female chauvinism."[5]

Bibliography
  • 1971: The First Sex, Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-003504-4

References
  1. Jones, Judith P. (2000). "DAVIS, Elizabeth Gould". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  2. "The First Sex : Davis, Elisabeth Gould : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming". Internet Archive. p. Preface. Retrieved July 27, 2020. Miss Davis received her A. B. degree from Randolph- Macon College and, after a brief marriage, went on to earned her master's degree in librarianship at the University of Kentucky in 1951.
  3. "Elizabeth Gould Davis Quotes". Quoteland. Archived from the original on February 12, 2008. Retrieved September 21, 2008.
  4. Davis, Elizabeth Gould, The First Sex (N.Y.: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971 (Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 79-150582)), p. 18 and see p. 339.
  5. Castro, Ginette, trans. Elizabeth Loverde-Bagwell, American Feminism: A Contemporary History (N.Y.: N.Y. Univ. Press, 1990 (ISBN 0-8147-1448-X)), p. 36 and see pp. 26, 27, 32–36, & 42 (trans. from Radioscopie du féminisme américain (Paris, France: Presses de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, 1984) (French)) (author prof. Eng. lang. & culture, Univ. of Bordeaux III, France).
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