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Merlin Stone | |
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| Born | Marilyn Claire Jacobson September 27, 1931 Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Died | February 23, 2011 (aged 79) Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| Occupation(s) | Author, sculptor, professor |
| Employer(s) | State University of New York at Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, University of California Berkeley |
| Notable work | When God Was a Woman |
| Television | Goddess Remembered documentary |
| Movement | Goddess movement |
| Partner | Lenny Schneir |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | A Metallic Art Medal Award from Erasmus Hall High School and two Albright-Knox Annual Sculpture Awards (1962 and 1965) |
| Honours | Honorary doctoral degree awarded by the California Institute of Integral Studies |
Merlin Stone (born Marilyn Jacobson;[1] September 27, 1931 – February 23, 2011) was an American author, artist and academic. She was an important thinker of the feminist theology and Goddess[2] movements and is known for her book When God Was a Woman.
- ^ Axelrod, David B.; Orenstein, Gloria; Thomas, Carol F.; Schneir, Lenny; Stone, Merlin (2014). "Merlin Stone Timeline". Merlin Stone Remembered: Her Life and Works. Llewellyn Worldwide. ISBN 9780738744001.
- ^ Kester-Shelton, Pamela, ed. (1996). "Merlin Stone". Feminist Writers. Detroit: St. James Press. ISBN 978-1558622173.