Ti-Grace Atkinson

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Ti-Grace Atkinson (born ca. 1939, Baton Rouge, Louisiana as Grace Atkinson) is an American feminist author.

Atkinson was born into a prominent Louisiana family, and the "Ti-" in Ti-Grace reflects the French word "petit" (in which the final T is silent). From 1956 until 1961 she was married to a high-school boyfriend.

She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1964.^[1] She joined the National Organization for Women, became its New York chapter's president in 1967 ^[2], then in 1968 left^[3] the organisation, advocating for more attention to lesbianism, was a member of the Daughters of Bilitis,^{[citation needed]} and founded The Feminists, a radical feminist group active until 1973. By 1971 she had written several pamphlets on feminism and was advocating specifically political lesbianism.^[4] Her most famous book, Amazon Odyssey was published in 1974.

Contents 1 Bibliography 2 Quotes 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Bibliography

• "The Institution of Sexual Intercourse" (pamphlet, 1968, published by The Feminists)
• "Vaginal orgasm as a mass hysterical survival response" (pamphlet, 1968, published by The Feminists)
• "Radical Feminism" (pamphlet, 1969, published by The Feminists)
• "Radical Feminism and Love" (pamphlet, 1969, published by The Feminists)
• Amazon Odyssey (1974)

[edit] Quotes

• "Love is the victim's response to the rapist."

• "I do not know any feminist worthy of that name who, if forced to choose between freedom and sex, would choose sex. She’d choose freedom every time."

[edit] Notes

1. ↑  Tufts' biographical notes.
2. ↑  Movement chronology
3. ↑  Date is as given by glbtq.com.
4. ↑  Bedford and Wilson.

[edit] References

• Biographical notes on Tufts University site
• Movement Chronology, Civil War-Present
• National Organization for Women (NOW) at glbtq.com.
• Kate Bedford and Ara Wilson Lesbian Feminist Chronology: 1971-1976.