Mitchell, Juliet (1940—)
Mitchell, Juliet (1940—)
British feminist . Born in New Zealand in 1940; attended King Alfred School in London; received degree in English from St. Anne's College, Oxford; postgraduate study at Oxford.
Juliet Mitchell was born in New Zealand in 1940, but moved with her family to England at the age of four. She received her secondary education at the King Alfred School in Hampstead, London, and went on to obtain a degree in English from St. Anne's College at Oxford. Mitchell completed postgraduate studies at Oxford, and became a lecturer at the University of Leeds in 1962. After one year in that position, she sought a new appointment and eventually transferred to the University of Reading in 1965. While at Reading she published her first book, Women: The Longest Revolution, in 1966.
Mitchell retired from academia to concentrate on writing and lecturing in 1971. She released a second book, Women's Estate, in 1972, and a third, Psychoanalysis and Feminism, in 1974. Gaining renown in the United Kingdom as an advocate of socialism and feminism, Mitchell served on the editorial boards of periodicals including New Left Review, Social Praxis, and Signs. She collaborated with feminist Ann Oakley to edit The Rights and Wrongs of Women, a collection of essays, in 1976.
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