Ann Snitow

Ann Barr Snitow (May 8, 1943 – August 10, 2019) was an American feminist activist, writer and teacher. She was a co-founder of the New York Radical Feminists, and the author and co-editor of several books.

Early life and education Snitow was born in New York City to a Jewish family. Her father Charles Snitow was born in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants Aaron Snitow and Mary Sackowitz. Her mother Virginia Snitow was born in Brooklyn to Louis Levitt of Kiev and Tillie (Toba) Rosenberg of Huși, Romania. Virginia served as President of American Jewish Congress' Women's Division and was an activist in the feminist, anti-racist, and anti-war movements.

Snitow earned her undergraduate degree in English at Cornell University in 1965, then began studying for a doctorate at the University of London.

In the 1970s she became known for her talks on the not for profit New York radio show Womankind on WBAI.

Snitow's papers are at Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts where Snitow was a professor of literature and gender studies.

Personal life and death Snitow’s partner from 1977 until her death was Daniel Goode; they married in 2004. Awardees include Premilla Nadasen, Sarah Schulman, Mariame Kaba, and Shariana Ferrer-Núñez.

Founding member of... New York Radical Feminists in 1969 CARASA (Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse), 1977 "No More Nice Girls", 1981, a feminist street theater group focused primarily on abortion and sexuality; FACT (Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce), 1984, opposing the feminist anti-pornography movement Network of East-West Women, 1991, with Katha Pollitt, among several others, including Ellen Willis Take Back the Future, 2002

Selected works

Snitow, Ann Barr (2020). Visitors: An American Feminist in East Central Europe. New York: New Village Press. .