Jean Liedloff

Jean Liedloff (November 26, 1926 – March 15, 2011) was an American author best known for her 1975 book The Continuum Concept. The aunt of writer Janet Hobhouse, she is represented by the character Constance in Hobhouse's book The Furies.

Biography Born in New York City in 1926, as a teenager she attended the Drew Seminary for Young Women and began studying at Cornell University, but began her expeditions before she could graduate. Her book is based on her experiences while living with the Yequana, and discusses in particular their style of child-rearing and its fundamental effect on their later lives.

She was a founding member of The Ecologist magazine.

Liedloff died on March 15, 2011, in Sausalito, California.