Suzanne Braun Levine | |
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 Levine circa 1988 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Radcliffe College (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and magazine editor |
| Known for | First editor of Ms. magazine |
| Spouse | Robert F. Levine |
| Children | Two |
Suzanne Braun Levine is an American author and editor. [1]
From 1972 until 1988 she was the first editor of Ms. , and she was later the first female editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. [2] While at Ms. she developed and produced the documentary She's Nobody's Baby: American Women in the 20th Century, which aired as an HBO special and won a Peabody award. [2] She later edited the book based on the show. [2] She was the guest Editor-in-Chief of the 30th Anniversary issue of Ms. magazine in 2002. [3] She was named a Ms. Magazine "Woman of the Year" in 2004. [4] She joined the Board of Civic Ventures (now Encore.org) in 2009, and is also on the Board of the Ms. Foundation for Education and Communication, and on the Advisory Board for the Women’s Media Center and The Transition Network. [3] She gave a talk at TEDxWomen in 2011. [5] [6]
Levine wrote for many websites including: Feisty Side of Fifty, The Transition Network, The Third Age, Vibrant Nation, AARP, Huff/Post50, Next/Avenue, SheWrites, and Feminist.com. [5] She contributed the piece "Parenting: A New Social Contract" to the 2003 anthology Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium , edited by Robin Morgan. [7]
She also appeared on TV and radio shows including: Oprah, Charlie Rose, Today, and NPR. [5]
The papers from her time at Ms. magazine are now in the Sophia Smith Collection of Women’s Archives at Smith College. [3]
She is married to the attorney Robert F. Levine, and has two children. [3]
Gloria Marie Steinem is an American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Robin Morgan is an American poet, writer, activist, journalist, lecturer and former child actor. Since the early 1960s, she has been a key radical feminist member of the American Women's Movement, and a leader in the international feminist movement. Her 1970 anthology Sisterhood Is Powerful was cited by the New York Public Library as "One of the 100 Most Influential Books of the 20th Century." She has written more than 20 books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, and was editor of Ms. magazine.
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