Helene Moglen
Helene Moglen | |
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Born | 1936 (age 84–85) |
Died | 10/18/2018 Santa Cruz California |
Education | B.A. Bryn Mawr College PH.D. Yale University |
Spouse(s) | Sig Moglen (died 2001), Sheila Namir |
Children | Eben Moglen Seth Moglen Damon Moglen |
Parent(s) | Edyth P. Levine Rosenbaum Edward L. Rosenbaum |
Helene Moglen (1936-2018) was a feminist literary scholar and author at University of California at Santa Cruz.
Biography[]
Moglen was born in 1936 to a working class, Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York,[1] the daughter of Edyth P. (née Levin) and Edward L. Rosenbaum.[2] She has one sister.[1] In 1957, she graduated with a B.A. in literature and philosophy from Bryn Mawr College; and in 1965, she graduated with a Ph.D. in English literature from Yale University.[1] From 1966 to 1971, she taught at New York University and was active in the Civil Rights Movement joining the Congress of Racial Equality and Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.[1] She then went to teach English literature at State University of New York at Purchase.[1] At Purchase, she became the president of the faculty and with other feminist teachers including Suzanne Kessler, Evelyn Fox Keller, and Esther Newton developed the first woman's studies program.[1] In 1978, she accepted a position as dean of humanities and professor of literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, becoming the first female dean in the University of California system.[1] From 1978 to 1983, she served as provost of Kresge College; from 1984 to 1989, served as chair of the women's studies program; and founded and directed the Feminist Research Focused Research Activity (1984–1989) and the Institute for Advanced Feminist Research (2003–2006).[1] She established and chaired the university's first sexual harassment committee based on the Women Against Rape model.[1]
Personal life[]
In 1957, she married Sig Moglen (died 2001) whom she had met as a teenager; they had three sons Eben Moglen, Seth Moglen, and Damon Moglen. Sheila Namir, Ph.D. became her partner in 2001 and they were married in 2016. [1][3] Her niece is Julie Swetnick who accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of committing sexual assault.[4][5]
Bibliography[]
- The Trauma of Gender: A Feminist Theory of the English Novel (February 5, 2001)
- The Philosophical Irony of Laurence Sterne (June 1, 1975)
- Charlotte Bronte: The Self Conceived
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Reti, Irene (2013). "Helene Moglen and the Vicissitudes of a Feminist Administrator". University of California, Santa Cruz Library.
- ^ "Edward L. Rosenbaum died today at Good Samaritan Hospital in Palm Beach, Fla". New York Times. March 5, 1974.
Surviving are his widow Edythe; two daughters, Mrs. Gloria Hale and Mrs. Helene Moglen
- ^ Moglen, Seth (2007). Mourning Modernity: Literary Modernism and the Injuries of American Capitalism. ISBN 9780804754187.
- ^ Pink, Aiden (September 26, 2018). "Who Is Julie Swetnick, New Kavanaugh Accuser With Jewish Roots?". Jewish Daily Forward.
Swetnick’s aunt Helene Moglen is a prominent Jewish feminist and literary scholar at University of California at Santa Cruz. Reached by phone on Wednesday, Moglen said “we’re too busy right now” and hung up.
- ^ Biesecker, Michael; Kunzelman, Michael; Mendoza, Martha (September 30, 2018). "3rd Kavanaugh accuser has history of legal disputes". The Tribune-Democrat.
Helene Moglen, Swetnick's aunt, told AP this week that her niece went off to college but quickly moved back home.
External links[]
"UC Santa Cruz Emeriti Lecture Series presents Helene Moglen, "From Facebook to Frankenstein"". UC Santa Cruz. November 7, 2013.
- 1936 births
- American Jews
- American feminist writers
- Yale University alumni
- Bryn Mawr College alumni
- Writers from Brooklyn
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- Living people