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Rebecca Walker

1969 - Today

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Rebecca Walker (born Rebecca Leventhal; November 17, 1969) is an American writer, feminist, and activist. Walker has been regarded as one of the prominent voices of Third Wave Feminism, and the coiner of the term "third wave", since publishing a 1992 article on feminism in Ms. magazine called "Becoming the Third Wave", in which she proclaimed: "I am the Third Wave." Walker's writing, teaching, and speeches focus on race, gender, politics, power, and culture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rebecca Walker has received more than 864,799 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Rebecca Walker is the 7,097th most popular writer (down from 6,308th in 2019), the 16,522nd most popular biography from United States (down from 14,757th in 2019) and the 1,142nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 860k

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  • 33.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rebecca Walker ranks 7,097 out of 7,302Before her are Gcina Mhlophe, Stephanie Savage, Mika Brzezinski, Charlotte Roche, Sophie Dahl, and Laura Gallego García. After her are Simon Kuper, Inna Shevchenko, Mark Ravenhill, Park Yeon-mi, Elizabeth Hand, and Tom Holland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Rebecca Walker ranks 874Before her are Joaquín del Olmo, Katie Hobbs, Stephanie Savage, Michelle Smith, Hugo Brizuela, and Ander Garitano. After her are Neelam Kothari, Simon Kuper, Claudio Úbeda, Keisuke Makino, David Wheaton, and Sandra Forgues.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rebecca Walker ranks 16,522 out of 20,380Before her are Sherman Minton (1890), Beth Littleford (1968), Meredith Vieira (1953), Killer Mike (1975), Elise Neal (1966), and Heather McComb (1977). After her are Emanuel Cleaver (1944), Pete Aguilar (1979), Brian Sandoval (1963), Erin Cahill (1980), Andrew Rannells (1978), and Christian McBride (1972).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Rebecca Walker ranks 1,142Before her are Rainbow Rowell (1973), Laurie Halse Anderson (1961), Al Roker (1954), Chris Moneymaker (1975), Chris Savino (1962), and Mika Brzezinski (1967). After her are Elizabeth Hand (1957), Diablo Cody (1978), Adam Johnson (1967), Lev Grossman (1969), Julia Serano (1967), and Amor Towles (1964).