Michele Kort

Michele Kort (January 30, 1950 – June 26, 2015) was an American journalist, author, and editor.

Early life and education Michele Kort was born January 30, 1950, and was raised in California's San Fernando Valley. and would later serve as director. Kort remained passionate about feminist art, as well as other forms of women's cultural production, a passion which often found its way into her work as a journalist. Of particular interest to Kort was women's sports, and she herself played basketball at UCLA in the 1960s and 1970s, before the advent of Title IX.

Death Kort died on June 26, 2015. Tenure in Museums (1974) Los Angeles: Graduate School of Management, UCLA [with Jacquelyn Maguire] Some of My Friends (1975) Los Angeles: Women's Community Press The Big Search (1977) Los Angeles: Grantmanship Center [with Philicia Malo] The End of Innocence: A Memoir (2002) Los Angeles: Advocate Books [with Chaz Bono] Soul Picnic: The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro (2003) New York: St. Martin's Press Dinah!: Three Decades of Sex, Golf, and Rock 'n' Roll (2005) Los Angeles: Alyson Books Here Come the Brides: Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage (2012) Berkeley, Calif.: Seal Press [with Audrey Bilger]

Awards

Deems Taylor Award ASCAP: 1980, for music journalism Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE): 1991, for advancement of the support of education Women's Sports Foundation: 1993, Miller Light women's Sports Journalism Award L.A. Press Club: 1994, journalism award