About Susan Brownmiller
Susan Brownmiller was an American journalist, author and feminist activist, best known for her 1975 book Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape, which was selected by The New York Public Library as one of the 100 most important books of the 20th century. She co-founded Women Against Pornography in 1979. In 1977, Brownmiller became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP). Brownmiller's book received criticism from feminists, including bell hooks and Angela Davis, who wrote that Brownmiller's discussion of rape and race became an "unthinking partisanship which borders on racism".
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