Jill Johnston

Jill Johnston
Jill Johnston
	Johnston in 1985
Born	Jill Crowe; May 17, 1929; London, England
Died	September 18, 2010 (aged 81); Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Education	Tufts University; University of North Carolina at Greensboro (MFA);
Occupations	Author; cultural critic;
Employer	The Village Voice
Spouses	Richard John Lanham (m. 1958; div. 1964); Ingrid Nyeboe (m. 1993, divorced) (m. 2009);
Children	2
Parent	Cyril F. Johnston (father);
Relatives	Nora Johnston (aunt)
	Writing career
Pen name	F. J. Crowe
Literary movement	Lesbian feminist activism
Notable works	Lesbian Nation (1973)

Jill Johnston (May 17, 1929 – September 18, 2010) was a British-born American feminist author and cultural critic. She is most famous for her radical lesbian feminism book, Lesbian Nation and was a longtime writer for The Village Voice. She was also a leader of the lesbian separatist movement of the 1970s. Johnston also wrote under the pen name F. J. Crowe.

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