The women’s movement is taking a different form right now, and it is because it has been so effective and so successful that there’s a huge counter movement to try to stop it, to try to divide women from one another, to try to almost foment divisiveness.
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| Birth: | 28th November, 1936 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Professor, Psychologist, Writer |
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Carol Gilligan was raised in New York City. She is an American psychologist, professor and writer. She is currently a Professor at New York University and a Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge. She is best known for her 1982 work, In a Different Voice. She is the founder of difference feminism. She received her B.A. summa cum laude in English literature from Swarthmore College, a master's degree in clinical psychology from Radcliffe College, and a Ph.D. in social psychology from Harvard University. She left Harvard in 2002 to join New York University as a full professor with the School of Education and the School of Law. She published her first novel, Kyra, in 2008. She is married to James Gilligan, M.D., who directed the Center for the Study of Violence at Harvard Medical School.
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