Vilunya Diskin

Vilunya Diskin
Born
Wilhelmina Fliegelman

(1941-05-01) 1 May 1941 (age 83)
Przemyslany, Lvov District, Poland
Other namesWilma Firstenburg
Alma materUC Berkeley, UCLA
Notable workOur Bodies, Ourselves
SpouseMartin Diskin
Family
  • Children: Leah Diskin, Aaron Diskin
  • Grandchildren: Nadia Diskin-Gaudette, Kyra Diskin-Gaudette, Zev Diskin

Vilunya Diskin (née Wilhelmina Fliegelman, 1 May 1941[1]) is one of the founders the Boston Women's Health Book Collective and a co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves living in Boston, Massachusetts. She was born in the town of Przemyslany, Poland, and eventually immigrated to the United States in 1948.[2][3] In the United States, she was adopted and raised by an American Jewish family in Los Angeles.[2] During her time at university, she became involved in feminist activism, which eventually led to her involvement in the creation of the collective (and publication) Our Bodies, Ourselves.[3]

  1. ^ "Wila Fliegelman". @yadvashem. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  2. ^ a b "Once Orphaned, Thrice Adopted". 2023-09-24. Archived from the original on 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  3. ^ a b Antler, Joyce (2018). Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women's Liberation Movement. Vol. 3. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-0763-0. JSTOR j.ctvwrm564.