Diana E. H. Russell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Diana E. H. Russell

South African sociologist and activist

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1938

Place of Birth: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Profession: sociologist, feminist

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Diana E.
H.
Russell (born 6 November 1938) is a feminist writer and activist.
Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, she moved to England in 1957, and then to the United States in 1961.
For the past 45 years she has been engaged in research on sexual violence against women and girls.
She has written numerous books and articles on rape, including marital rape, femicide, incest, misogynist murders of women, and pornography.
For The Secret Trauma, she was co-recipient of the 1986 C.
Wright Mills Award.
She was also the recipient of the 2001 Humanist Heroine Award from the American Humanist Association.
She was also an organizer of the First International Tribunal on Crimes against Women, in Brussels in March 1976.