Joanna Russ, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joanna Russ

American author

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1937

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 29-Apr-2011

Profession: writer, university teacher, journalist, children's writer, novelist, essayist, science fiction writer, feminist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Joanna Russ (February 22, 1937 – April 29, 2011) was an American writer, academic and radical feminist.
She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism such as How to Suppress Women's Writing, as well as a contemporary novel, On Strike Against God, and one children's book, Kittatinny.
She is best known for The Female Man, a novel combining utopian fiction and satire, and the story "When It Changed".