Bettina Aptheker

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Bettina Aptheker is an American political activist, feminist scholar, and professor known for her prominent role in the 1960s student movements and long-standing work in civil rights and social justice.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf feminist scholar
human
political activist
professor
advocatesFor LGBTQ+ rights
civil rights
social justice
women's rights
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley
employer University of California, Santa Cruz
familyName Aptheker
fieldOfWork African American studies
Marxist theory
feminist studies
history of social movements
women's studies
genre feminist theory
memoir
political non-fiction
givenName Bettina
hasAcademicDiscipline cultural studies
feminist studies
history
hasWritten Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel
Tapestries of Life: Women's Work, Women's Consciousness, and the Meaning of Daily Experience
The Morning Breaks: The Trial of Angela Davis
languageSpoken English
movement anti–Vietnam War movement
civil rights movement
feminist movement
student movement of the 1960s
name Bettina Aptheker
nationality American
notableFor civil rights activism
feminist activism
participation in 1960s student movements
social justice advocacy
notableWork Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel
Tapestries of Life: Women's Work, Women's Consciousness, and the Meaning of Daily Experience
The Morning Breaks: The Trial of Angela Davis
occupation author
lecturer
political activist
university professor
placeOfActivity California
United States
politicalAlignment left-wing politics
positionHeld professor of feminist studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz
workLocation Santa Cruz, California


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