Jo Freeman | |
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 Jo Freeman at September 2006 peace protest at U.S. Congress | |
| Born | August 26, 1945 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Other names | Joreen |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Thesis | The politics of women's liberation: a case study of an emerging social movement and its relation to the policy process (1973) |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Feminist, political science, law |
| Website | jofreeman |
Jo Freeman aka Joreen (born August 26, 1945), is an American feminist, political scientist, writer and attorney. As a student at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1960s, she became active in organizations working for civil liberties and the civil rights movement. She went on to do voter registration and community organization in Alabama and Mississippi and was an early organizer of the women's liberation movement. She authored several classic feminist articles as well as important papers on social movements and political parties. She has also written extensively about women, particularly on law and public policy toward women and women in mainstream politics.