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Andrea Dworkin

1946 - 2005

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Andrea Rita Dworkin (September 26, 1946 – April 9, 2005) was an American radical feminist writer and activist best known for her analysis of pornography. Her feminist writings, beginning in 1974, span 30 years. They are found in a dozen solo works: nine books of non-fiction, two novels, and a collection of short stories. Another three volumes were co-written or co-edited with US constitutional law professor and feminist activist Catharine A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrea Dworkin has received more than 1,878,306 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Andrea Dworkin is the 2,552nd most popular writer (up from 2,863rd in 2019), the 3,227th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,741st in 2019) and the 280th most popular American Writer.

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  • 39

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  • 4.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Andrea Dworkin ranks 2,552 out of 7,302. Before her are Al-Asmaʿi, Lois McMaster Bujold, Cornelis de Bruijn, Dorothea von Schlegel, Noël Coward, and Amélie Nothomb. After her are Ivan Yefremov, Catulle Mendès, Raffi, Giraut de Bornelh, John Barth, and David Lodge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Andrea Dworkin ranks 237. Before her are Robert Metcalfe, Lesley Gore, Ron Kovic, Marián Čalfa, Reggie Jackson, and John Watson. After her are René Jacobs, Anatoliy Byshovets, Davorin Popović, Frank Welker, Penelope Wilton, and Yusuke Omi. Among people deceased in 2005, Andrea Dworkin ranks 104. Before her are Lazar Berman, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Sandra Dee, Ferruccio Valcareggi, Jair da Rosa Pinto, and Johnny Carson. After her are Tilly Fleischer, John DeLorean, Monica Zetterlund, Melita Norwood, Polina Astakhova, and Ralph Erskine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrea Dworkin ranks 3,227 out of 20,380. Before her are Joseph Valachi (1904), Edith Head (1897), Jennifer Rush (1960), M. Emmet Walsh (1935), Ciara (1985), and Herb Ritts (1952). After her are Jill St. John (1940), Blake Lively (1987), Diane Venora (1952), Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), Rensis Likert (1903), and Rue McClanahan (1934).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Andrea Dworkin ranks 280. Before her are Margaret Fuller (1810), John Edward Williams (1922), Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), Katherine Jackson (1930), Alexandra Ripley (1934), and Lois McMaster Bujold (1949). After her are John Barth (1930), L. Sprague de Camp (1907), Elmore Leonard (1925), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Jim Thompson (1906), and Terry Goodkind (1948).

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