Naomi Wolf
Feminist author and journalist
Naomi Wolf is an American author and journalist whose first book, The Beauty Myth, appeared in 1991.
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American Born 1962 in San Francisco, United States
About Naomi Wolf
Wolf studied at Yale and went to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, later earning a doctorate in English Literature there in 2015. In the 1990s she advised the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton and Al Gore. The Beauty Myth made her a prominent figure in the third wave of feminism. Her later books include The End of America, Promiscuities, Fire with Fire and Misconceptions. Her journalism has appeared in outlets such as The Nation, The New Republic and The Guardian. She cofounded the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership and the American Freedom Campaign. She is also CEO of DailyClout.io, a site that shares and explains US legislation.