Jean Liedloff (November 26, 1926 – March 15, 2011)
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, and best known for her 1975 book ''

The Continuum Concept The continuum concept is an idea, coined by Jean Liedloff in her 1975 book ''The Continuum Concept'', that human beings have an innate set of expectations (which Liedloff calls the continuum) that our evolution as a species has designed us to meet ...

''. She is the aunt of writer Janet Hobhouse, and is represented by the character Constance in Hobhouse's book "The Furies." Born in

in 1926, as a teenager she attended the ''Drew Seminary for Young Women'' and began studying at

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, but began her expeditions before she could graduate. During a diamond-hunting expedition to

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, she came into contact with an indigenous people named the Yequana. Over time she became fascinated with the Yequana, and made a decision to return to Venezuela to live with them. She wrote her book,

, to describe her new understanding of how we have lost much of our natural well-being, and to show us practical ways to regain it for our children and for ourselves.The Continuum Concept - About the book
/ref> Her book is based on her experiences while living with the Yequana, and discusses in particular their style of child-rearing and its fundamental effect on their later lives. She was a founding member of ''

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'' magazine.Starting out: how Teddy Goldsmith launched the Ecologist 40 years ago
/ref> Liedloff died on March 15, 2011, in

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Bibliography

* ''The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost'' * ''Jungle Jean'' biography by Geralyn Gendreau (2021) * When Good Enough Isn't, Mother Blame in The Continuum Concept
''Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering''
6(2) by Chris Bobel (2004) * The Continuum Concept, A Personal Experience ''Self & Society, An International Journal for Humanistic Psychology'' 18(4) by Peter Ellis (1990)

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Photo AlbumVideo interview with her by Michael Mendizzadirect link to the videoJean Liedloff on the role of golf in the Western lifestyle
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liedloff, Jean 1926 births 2011 deaths American magazine editors 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers Writers from New York City American women non-fiction writers Women magazine editors 21st-century American women

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