Naomi weisstein
"In Chicago, one cold and sunny day in March of 1970, I decided to organize a feminist rock band. I was lying on the sofa listening to the radio -- a rare bit of free time in those early days of the women's movement."
Born in New York, Naomi Weisstein was "a life long feminist," socialist, and civil rights activist. She was greatly interested in the world of science which was "out of step with traditional femininity." Naomi Weisstein faced sexism while studying at Harvard University. She was told that women "should be wives and mothers instead" of doctors. "In 1969, she helped to found the Chicago Women's Liberation Union" and used her comedic and cartoonist skills to spread their message. Naomi Weisstein also founded the Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band, which was active from 1970-1973.
"I believe that current feminist rejection of universal truth is a political
choice. Radical and confrontational as the feminist challenge to science may
appear, it is, in fact, a deeply conservative retreat."
-Naomi Weisstein
"I believe that current feminist rejection of universal truth is a political
choice. Radical and confrontational as the feminist challenge to science may
appear, it is, in fact, a deeply conservative retreat."
-Naomi Weisstein