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Naomi Wolf
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| Born | Naomi Rebekah Wolf 1962 (age 62–63) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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| Education | Yale University (BA) New College, Oxford (DPhil) |
| Notable works | The Beauty Myth (1991) The End of America (2007) Misconceptions (2001) Fire with Fire (1993) Outrages (2019) |
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David Shipley
(m. 1993; div. 2005)Brian O'Shea
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| Children | 2 |
Naomi Rebekah Wolf (born 1962) is an American feminist author, journalist, and conspiracy theorist.
Early life and education
Naomi Rebekah Wolf was born in 1962 in San Francisco, California, to a Jewish family. Her mother is Deborah Goleman Wolf, an anthropologist. Her father was Leonard Wolf, a Romanian-born scholar of gothic horror novels, faculty member at San Francisco State University, and Yiddish translator. Leonard Wolf died from Parkinson's disease on March 20, 2019. Wolf has a brother, Aaron, and a half-brother, Julius, from her father's earlier relationship; it remained a secret until Wolf was in her 30s.
Wolf attended Lowell High School and debated in regional speech tournaments as a member of the Lowell Forensic Society. She attended Yale University, receiving her Bachelor of Arts in English literature in 1984. From 1985 to 1987, she was a Rhodes Scholar at New College, Oxford. Her writing at this time formed the basis of her first book, The Beauty Myth.
Wolf ultimately returned to Oxford, completing her Doctor of Philosophy degree in English literature in 2015.
Career
After the 1991 publication of her first book, The Beauty Myth, Wolf became a prominent figure in the third wave of the feminist movement. In the 1990s, Wolf was a political advisor to the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton and Al Gore.
Wolf's later books include the bestseller The End of America in 2007. Wolf's career in journalism has included articles for media outlets such as The Nation, The New Republic, The Guardian, and The Huffington Post.
Since around 2014, Wolf has been described by journalists and media outlets as a conspiracy theorist.
Wolf has objected to COVID-19 lockdowns and criticized COVID-19 vaccines. In June 2021, her Twitter account was suspended for posting anti-vaccine misinformation.
Political consultant
Wolf was involved in President Bill Clinton's 1996 reelection bid.
During Al Gore's bid for the presidency in the 2000 election, Wolf was hired as a consultant. Her ideas and participation in the campaign generated considerable media coverage.
Selected works
- The Beauty Myth (1991)
- Fire with Fire (1993)
- Misconceptions (2001)
- The Treehouse (2005)
- The End of America (2007)
- Give Me Liberty (2008)
- Outrages (2019)
Personal life
Wolf's first marriage was in 1993 to journalist David Shipley, then an editor at The New York Times. The couple had two children, a son and daughter. Wolf and Shipley divorced in 2005.
On November 23, 2018, Wolf married Brian William O'Shea, a U.S. Army veteran, private detective, and owner of Striker Pierce Investigations.
Wolf is often confused with author Naomi Klein.
See also
In Spanish: Naomi Wolf para niños
