Louise Armstrong (March 17, 1937 – August 10, 2008) was a published author of numerous adult and children books. A staunch

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and activist, Armstrong had spoken widely for two decades in the

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, and

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, on the subjects of

child abuse Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child or children, especially by a parent or a caregiver. Child abuse may include any act or failure to a ...

incest Incest ( ) is human sexual activity between family members or close relatives. This typically includes sexual activity between people in consanguinity (blood relations), and sometimes those related by affinity (marriage or stepfamily), adoption ...

family violence Domestic violence (also known as domestic abuse or family violence) is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation. ''Domestic violence'' is often used as a synonym for ''intimate partner v ...

, and

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. Her book, ''Kiss Daddy Goodnight'', published by

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in 1978, is a groundbreaking work on incest. Armstrong was faculty of the Institute of Children's Literature and chaired a committee on family violence for the

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(1979–84). Armstrong also wrote for magazines, including ''

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'' and ''

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, On the Issues.'' Her son is

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-winning television producer and filmmaker

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Published works

Adult books

*Of 'Sluts' and 'Bastards': A Feminist Decodes the Child Welfare Debate (Common Courage Press, 1996) *Rocking the Cradle of Sexual Politics, What Happened When Women Said Incest (Addison-Wesley, 1994;

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, 1996) *And They Call It Help, The Psychiatric Policing of America's Children (Addison-Wesley, 1993) *Solomon Says, A Speakout on Foster Care (Pocket Books, 1989) *Kiss Daddy Goodnight: Ten Years Later (Pocket Books, 1987) *The Home Front, Notes from the Family War Zone (McGraw-Hill, 1983) *Kiss Daddy Goodnight, A Speakout on Incest (Pocket Books, 1978). *Saving the Big Deal Baby (E.P. Dutton, 1980)

Children's books

*A Child's Guide to Freud, Illustrated,

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(Simon & Schuster, 1963). *How to Turn Lemons Into Money, A Child's Guide to Economics (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975). *How to Turn Up into Down, A Child's Guide to Inflation, Depression, and Economic Recovery (HBJ, 1978). *How to Turn War into Peace, A Child's Guide to Conflict Resolution (HBJ, 1979). *Arthur Gets What He Spills (HBJ, 1979)

Collected works

Contributed chapters in the following numerous collected works, both academic and trade. *Sexual Liberals and the Attack on Feminism (eds: Dorchen Leidholdt and Janice G. Raymond; Pergamon Press, 1990); *Radically Speaking, Feminism Reclaimed (eds: Diane Bell and

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; Zed Books, 1996); *Feminist Foremothers in Women's Studies, Psychology, Mental Health (eds: Phyllis Chesler, Esther D. Rothblum, Ellen Cole; Haworth Press, 1995); and *Home Truths About Child Sexual Abuse: Influencing Policy and Practice (ed: Catherine Itzin; London: Routledge, 2000).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, Louise 1937 births 2008 deaths American children's writers American feminists Place of birth missing Place of death missing American women children's writers Writers from New York City 20th-century American writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women