Diana E. H. Russell

Diana E. H. Russell (6 November 1938 – 28 July 2020) was a feminist writer and activist. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, she moved to England in 1957, to the USA in 1961. For the past 45 years she was engaged in research on sexual violence against women and girls. She wrote numerous books and articles on rape, including marital rape, femicide, incest, misogynist murders of women, and pornography. For The Secret Trauma, she was co-recipient of the 1986 C. Wright Mills Award. She was also the recipient of the 2001 Humanist Heroine Award from the American Humanist Association. Quotes We must realize that a lot of homicide is in fact femicide. DEFINING FEMICIDE November 2012 Men tell us not to take a morbid interest in these atrocities. DEFINING FEMICIDE November 2012 Aboveground, nonviolent strategies would be futile against the brutal, white Afrikaner police state. Diana Russell, Who Studied Violence Against Women, Dies at 81 August 6,2020 Divorce heralded the beginning of my creative life as an active feminist and researcher. Diana Russell, Who Studied Violence Against Women, Dies at 81 August 6,2020 External links Category:Women activists from South Africa Category:Women authors from South Africa Category:Feminists Category:Non-fiction authors from South Africa Category:1938 births Category:2020 deaths Category:People from Cape Town