Valerie Solanas
Valerie Jean Solanas was an American radical feminist known for her attempt to murder the artist Andy Warhol in 1968.
Background
- Born in
- Ventnor City
- Educated at
- University of MinnesotaUniversity of Maryland
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Trending topics shown first"any females would, even assuming complete economic equality between the sexes, prefer residing with males or peddling their asses on the street, thereby having most of their time for themselves, to sp…"
"The male is just a bundle of conditioned reflexes, is incapable of a mentally free response, is tied to his early conditioning, is determined completely by his past experiences. His earliest experienc…"
"Life" in this "society" being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of "society" being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow th…"
"His greatest need is to be guided, sheltered, protected and admired by Mama , and, being completely physical, he yearns to spend his time - that's not spent "out in the world" grimly defending against…"
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Timeline
1936
Born
Birth1988
Died
Death
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