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Shulamith Firestone

1945 - 2012

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Shulamith Bath Shmuel Ben Ari Firestone (born Feuerstein; January 7, 1945 – August 28, 2012) was a Canadian-American radical feminist writer and activist. Firestone was a central figure in the early development of radical feminism and second-wave feminism and a founding member of three radical-feminist groups: New York Radical Women, Redstockings, and New York Radical Feminists. Within these radical movements, Firestone became known as "the firebrand" and "the fireball" for the fervor and passion she expressed towards the cause. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shulamith Firestone has received more than 622,661 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Shulamith Firestone is the 3,059th most popular writer (down from 2,626th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Canada (down from 155th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Canadian Writer.

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  • 620k

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  • 52.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shulamith Firestone ranks 3,059 out of 7,302. Before her are Joseph Joffo, Ibn Zaydún, Gregory Corso, Ahmadou Kourouma, José Donoso, and Ricardo Piglia. After her are Jean Astruc, Félix Fénéon, Saib Tabrizi, Liviu Rebreanu, Abdullah Abdul Kadir, and Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Shulamith Firestone ranks 245. Before her are Bob Peck, Carlos Osoro Sierra, Kim Larsen, Dusty Rhodes, Awad Hamed al-Bandar, and Bob Seger. After her are Mimsy Farmer, Herman van Veen, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Neophyte of Bulgaria, Tommy Franks, and Werner Schroeter. Among people deceased in 2012, Shulamith Firestone ranks 162. Before her are Gevork Vartanian, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, Assef Shawkat, I. K. Gujral, George McGovern, and Anita Björk. After her are Vicar, Sixten Jernberg, Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, Vitaly Vorotnikov, and Friedrich Hirzebruch.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Shulamith Firestone ranks 180 out of 1,622. Before her are Ian Hacking (1936), Anne Carson (1950), Viola Desmond (1914), Elisha Cuthbert (1982), Stana Katic (1978), and Alanis Morissette (1974). After her are John van 't Schip (1963), Georges Vézina (1887), Hume Cronyn (1911), Michael Bublé (1975), Elliot Page (1987), and Neve Campbell (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Shulamith Firestone ranks 9. Before her are Margaret Atwood (1939), Saul Bellow (1915), Brian Tracy (1944), A. E. van Vogt (1912), David Morrell (1943), and Anne Carson (1950). After her are Gabrielle Roy (1909), Mazo de la Roche (1879), Louise Penny (1958), David Shore (1959), Gordon R. Dickson (1923), and Anne Hébert (1916).

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