Naomi Wolf

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Date of Birth:
November 12, 1962
Hometown:
San Francisco

 

Bio:
Naomi Wolf (born Naomi R. Wolf in San Francisco, California on November 12, 1962) is an American author who rose to fame with the 1991 bestselling book, The Beauty Myth. She attended Yale University and was also a Rhodes Scholar at New College, Oxford. She married journalist David Shipley and together they had two children.

Best Known For:
Best known for being an author and the leader of the “third wave of the feminist movement.” In 2007 she wrote a bestseller, The End Of America.

Personal Life:

Naomi married journalist David Shipley in 1993 and together they had two children, Rosa and Joseph. They divorced in 2005.