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In the Middle Ages there was no such thing as childhood. The medieval view of children was profoundly different from ours.

Shulamith Firestone

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Shulamith Bath Shmuel Ben Ari Firestone (born Feuerstein; January 7, 1945 – August 28, 2012) was a Canadian-American radical feminist writer and activist. Firestone was involved in the early development of second-wave feminism and a founding member of three radical-feminist groups: , , and . In September 1970, Firestone's The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution was published and became an influential feminist text.

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Birth Name: Shulamith Bath Shmuel Ben Ari Feuerstein

Alternative Names: Shulie • Shulamith Bath Shmuel Ben Ari Firestone

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In the Middle Ages there was no such thing as childhood. The medieval view of children was profoundly different from ours. - Shulamith Firestone

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