Carolyn Heilbrun

Carolyn Heilbrun was an American academic at Columbia University, the first woman to receive tenure in the English department, and a prolific feminist author of academic studies.

In addition, beginning in the 1960’s, she published numerous popular mystery novels with a woman protagonist, under the pen name of Amanda Cross. These have been translated into numerous languages and in total sold nearly one million copies worldwide.

Date of birth:
13th January, 1926
Date of death:
9th October, 2003
"Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it."
― Carolyn Heilbrun
Topic(s): Power
"Odd, the years it took to learn one simple fact: that the prize just ahead, the next job, publication, love affair, marriage always seemed to hold the key to satisfaction but never, in the longer run, sufficed."
― Carolyn Heilbrun
Topic(s): Marriage

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