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Sharon Presley (born 1943) is an American libertarian feminist, writer, activist, and lecturer in psychology.

Education and work

Presley received her B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley and her M.A. in psychology from San Francisco State. In 1981, she received a Ph.D. in social psychology from City University of New York, under Stanley Milgram. He is known for his experiments in obedience to authority and Freeman's studies emphasized psychological freedom. Since 1982 she has held various instructor, adjunct and assistant professor, and lecturer positions in California, Utah and Iowa. She retired in 2009 from a position as lecturer at California State University, East Bay. Her research and teaching has focused particularly on "issues of power, obedience, and resistance to authority."

Activism

Presley was a-political until she read Ayn Rand at the age of nineteen. She became involved in a students for Barry Goldwater group during the 1964 presidential campaign. She was a leader of one of the first national libertarian organizations, the Alliance of Libertarian Activists, founded in the 1960s in Berkeley, California.

In 1972, Presley helped owner John Muller launch Laissez Faire Books, a libertarian storefront in Greenwich Village, New York which was a center of libertarian activism. She worked there until 1977, editing its magazine catalogue Laissez-Faire Review.

In the mid-1970s Presley and Toni Nathan founded the Association of Libertarian Feminists; Presley was its first national coordinator. She stated in a 1980 interview that libertarian feminists "don't believe in seeking government solutions to women's problems". She currently is executive director.

Bibliography

• "Individualism: A feminist psychologist's perspectives" in Mimi Reisel Gladstein, Chris Matthew Sciabarra, Feminist interpretations of Ayn Rand : Re-reading the canon, Penn State Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-271-01830-0
• Values and attitudes of political resisters to authority, Ph.D thesis, City University of New York, 1982.
• Think for Yourself!: Questioning Pressures to Conform, Ronin Publishing, 2001, ISBN 1579510507
• Co-editor with Crispin Startwell, Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre – Anarchist, Feminist, Genius, SUNY Press, 2005.
• Standing Up to Experts and Authorities: How to Avoid Being Intimidated, Manipulated and Abused, Solomon Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-934623-87-2

Bibliography

• "Individualism: A feminist psychologist's perspectives" in Mimi Reisel Gladstein, Chris Matthew Sciabarra, Feminist interpretations of Ayn Rand : Re-reading the canon, Penn State Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-271-01830-0
• Values and attitudes of political resisters to authority, Ph.D thesis, City University of New York, 1982.
• Think for Yourself!: Questioning Pressures to Conform, Ronin Publishing, 2001, ISBN 1579510507
• Co-editor with Crispin Startwell, Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre – Anarchist, Feminist, Genius, SUNY Press, 2005.
• Standing Up to Experts and Authorities: How to Avoid Being Intimidated, Manipulated and Abused, Solomon Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-934623-87-2

References

1. ^ Brookmire, Paula (July 25, 1980). "Of traps, trade-offs and women". The Milwaukee Journal. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
2. ^ Curriculum Vita, at SharonPresley.net.
3. Sharon Presley: About at Sharon Presley.com.
4. Laissez Faire Club. "History of Laissez Faire Books". Retrieved 21 December 2013.
5. Rebecca E. Klatch, A Generation Divided: The New Left, the New Right, and the 1960s, University of California Press, 1999, p 286, ISBN 9780520217140.
6. Rebecca E. Klatch, A Generation Divided: The New Left, the New Right, and the 1960s, 69.
7. Rebecca E. Klatch, A Generation Divided: The New Left, the New Right, and the 1960s, 118.
8. Doherty, Brian, Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement, PublicAffairs, 2007, p354, ISBN 1-58648-350-1
9. Laissez Faire Club. "History of Laissez Faire Books". Retrieved 21 December 2013.
10. Ramsey, Bruce. ""Laissez Faire": R.I.P.?". Liberty. Archived from the original on 2008-01-18. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
11. Rebecca E. Klatch, A Generation Divided: The New Left, the New Right, and the 1960s, p 273.
12. Rebecca E. Klatch, Generation Divided: The New Left, The New Right and the 1960s, p 269
13. Association of Libertarian Feminists. "About ALF". Retrieved 22 December 2013.

External links

• Sharon Presley's professional/academic web site
• Sharon Presley's political activist web site
• Of traps, trade offs and women, Paula Brookmire interview with Sharon Presley, The Milwaukee Journal, July 25, 1980.

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