Elizabeth Gould Davis | |
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Born | 1910 Kansas, USA |
Died | 1974 (aged 63–64) |
Occupation | Author, librarian |
Nationality | American |
Education | Master's degree in librarianship |
Alma mater | University of Kentucky |
Period | 1971 |
Literary movement | Second-wave feminism |
Notable work(s) | The First Sex |
Elizabeth Gould Davis (1910–1974) was an American librarian who wrote a feminist book called The First Sex.
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She was born in Kansas, USA in 1910 and earned her master's degree in librarianship at the University of Kentucky in 1951. She worked as a librarian at Sarasota, Florida and while there wrote The First Sex. She died in 1974.
She argued in The First Sex that congenital killers and criminals have two Y chromosomes,[1] that men say they don't mind women being successful but require femininity when feminine qualities work against success,[1] and that a matriarchy should replace the existing patriarchy.[2] Prof. Ginette Castro criticized Davis' position as grounded "in the purest female chauvinism."[3]