Lydia Sargent (January 10, 1942 – September 27, 2020) was an American feminist, writer, author, playwright, and actor.

Biography

She was a founder and original member of the South End Press Collective, as well as

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, which she co-edited and co-produced. She organized the Z Communications Institute every year and taught classes there. She was also a member of the interim consultative committee of the International Organization for a Participatory Society. Her plays include ''"I Read About My Death In Vogue Magazine"'' and ''"Playbook"'' with

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and

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. She edited ''Women and Revolution: The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism'', which features a lead essay by

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. Sargent wrote the long-running "Hotel Satire" column for Z Magazine, "where gals come to learn their true purpose on this earth, i.e., to service men".

References

External links

Lydia Sargent's Znet homepage

Searching for a Post-Sexist Society
by Lydia Sargent
Lydia Sargent, Live Like Her
by Michael Albert {{DEFAULTSORT:Sargent, Lydia 1942 births 2020 deaths American feminist writers American socialist feminists