Phyllis Chesler

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Phyllis Chesler (born October 1, 1940 in New York ) is an American writer , psychotherapist , feminist and professor emeritus of psychology and women's studies at the City University of New York .

Life

Phyllis Chesler, the daughter of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, grew up with two younger brothers in an Orthodox family in Brooklyn, New York. She has been married twice and has one son, Ariel David Chesler. She has been actively working for feminist goals since the 1960s and is one of the leading feminist psychologists. Phyllis Chesler describes herself as a 'radical feminist' and a 'liberation psychologist'. She also repeatedly speaks out against anti-Semitism . She also lived in Afghanistan and Israel for a few years. She currently lives in Manhattan, New York City.

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Chesler taught one of the first seminars for women's studies at Richmond College in New York during the 1969-70 school year. In the same year she founded the Association for Women in Psychology and won many rights for female students that had not existed before. Because of their commitment, self-defense courses , centers for rape victims and abused children have been opened. She led and organized political, religious and human rights campaigns in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. Phyllis Chesler is also the co-founder of the National Women's Health Network and editor of On the Issue magazine .

In 1975 she developed alternative rituals for Jewish holidays and life cycle events for the first feminist seder . As a founding member of the International Women of the Wall Committee , she advocates equal rights for women to access the Western Wall .

Phyllis Chesler published a total of 14 books, numerous articles and columns. Her most famous book Women and Madness (1972) appeared in 1974 under the title Women - the crazy sex? in German. It is considered a fundamental work of feminist psychology .

Publications (selection)

  • Women and Madness. (1972)
    • Women - the crazy sex? German by Brigitte Stein. (1974)
  • With Child: A Diary of Motherhood. (1979)
    • Becoming a mother: the story of a transformation. German by Helga Pfetsch. (1985)
  • Women of the Wall: Claiming Sacred Ground at Judaism's Holy Site. (2002)
  • The New Anti-Semitism. The Current Crisis and What We Must Do About It. (2003)
    • The new anti-Semitism: the global crisis since September 11th. (2004)
  • An American Bride in Kabul: A Memoir (2013)
  • Autobiography: A Politically Incorrect Feminist (2018)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Tamara Cohen: Phyllis Chesler. In: Jewish Women Enzyclopedia.