Lydia Sargent

Lydia Sargent (January 10, 1942-September 27, 2020) was an American feminist, writer, author, playwright, and actor.

Lydia Sargent
Born(1942-01-10)January 10, 1942
Died(2020-09-27)27 September 2020 (aged 78)
NationalityAmerican
GenrePlaywright
Literary movementFeminism

Biography

She was a founder and original member of the South End Press Collective, as well as Z Magazine, which she co-edited and co-produced. She organized the Z Communications Institute every year and taught classes there. She was also a member of the interim consultative committee of the International Organization for a Participatory Society.[1]

Her plays include "I Read About My Death In Vogue Magazine" and "Playbook" with Maxine Klein and Howard Zinn. She edited Women and Revolution: The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism,[2] which features a lead essay by Heidi Hartmann.[3] Sargent wrote the long-running "Hotel Satire" column for Z Magazine, "where gals come to learn their true purpose on this earth, i.e., to service men".[4]

References
  1. "International Organization for a Participatory Society: Consultative Committee". International Organization for a Participatory Society. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
  2. Sargent, Lydia (ed.). Women and revolution: a discussion of the unhappy marriage of Marxism and Feminism. South End Press Political Controversies Series. Boston, Massachusetts: South End Press. ISBN 9780896080621.
  3. Hartmann, Heidi (1981), "The unhappy marriage of Marxism and feminism: towards a more progressive union", in Sargent, Lydia (ed.), Women and revolution: a discussion of the unhappy marriage of Marxism and Feminism, South End Press Political Controversies Series, Boston, Massachusetts: South End Press, pp. 1–42, ISBN 9780896080621.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. Sargent, Lydia. "Bootilicious!". Z Magazine. ZCommunications. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
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