Kate Millett

Born in St. Paul Minnesota in 1934 Millett lived a remarkable life as a public intellectual, artist, writer, human rights activist and scholar. Although she was best known as the author of the controversial bestseller, Sexual Politics, 1970, Millett described herself simply as a sculptor who writes. In addition to Sexual Politics, Millett authored nine other books as well as being apart of several publications and exhibitions.

Millett graduated Magna Cum Laude in English Literature from the University of Minnesota, recieved a Bachelor of Arts in English from St. Hilda’s College, Oxford University, studied sculpture at the New School for Social Research and the Brooklyn Museum School all before receiving her PhD in Comparative Literature in 1970. Kate’s sculptural work has been exhibited at Minami Gallery in Tokyo, Judson Gallery in New York, the Women’s Center in Los Angeles, the Dorsky museum in Upstate New York, Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, New York, The Whitney Museum, New York among many others.

Millett died in Paris in 2017 leaving a legacy of much honored achievements in art and literature and equal rights for women.