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Nancy Friday. Nancy Colbert Friday (August 27, 1933 – November 5, 2017) was an American author who wrote on the topics of female sexuality and liberation. [1] Her writings argue that women have often been reared under an ideal of womanhood, which was outdated and restrictive, and largely unrepresentative of many women's true inner lives, and ...
- November 5, 2017 (aged 84), New York City, U.S.
- Nancy Colbert Friday, August 27, 1933, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Wellesley College
- Female sexuality and liberation
Nov 5, 2017 · Nancy Colbert Friday was born on Aug. 27, 1933, in Pittsburgh to Walter Friday and the former Jane Colbert. Some biographical references say that her father died when she was 2; others report that ...
Apr 23, 2024 · Nancy Friday (born August 27, 1933, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died November 5, 2017, New York, New York) was an American feminist and author who was especially known for works that explored women’s sexuality. Friday was educated at Wellesley (Massachusetts) College.
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Nov 7, 2017 · F or me, it is the dogs and the lesbians. These were the sections in Nancy Friday’s 1973 cult sexuality tome, My Secret Garden: Women’s Sexual Fantasies, that I can still recall.As a 10-year ...
- Stephanie Theobald
Nov 6, 2017 · Nancy Colbert Friday was born to a teenage mother in Pittsburgh on Aug. 27, 1933. Her parents divorced when she was a child, and Nancy was raised in part by her grandfather, a steel tycoon, in ...
Nov 11, 2017 · Nancy Friday, whose books about gender politics helped redefine American women's sexuality and social identity in the late 20th century, died earlier this week at her home in Manhattan. She was 84.
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Nov 6, 2017 · By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Updated 1:34 PM PDT, November 6, 2017. NEW YORK (AP) — Nancy Friday, a journalist and author whose best-selling “My Secret Garden” was a landmark compilation of women’s sexual fantasies, has died at age 84. Literary agent Robert Thixton said Friday died Sunday morning in her Manhattan apartment.