Myriam Miedzian

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Myriam Miedzian
Born
Myriam Miedzianogora
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University
Hunter College, City University of New York
Occupation(s)Academic and author
Employer(s)Rutgers University, Barnard College, Brooklyn College
Notable workBoys Will Be Boys (1991 book)
Websitemyriammiedzian.com

Myriam Miedzian (born Myriam Miedzianogora) is an American philosopher, author,[1] and social activist. She is the founder of non-profit organizations, including Monumental Women and Prepare Tomorrow's Parents.[2][3]

She is the author of the 1991 book Boys Will Be Boys.

Education[edit]

In 1940, as a child, Miedzian had to escape Nazis.[4]

Miedzian has a master's degree in clinical social work from Hunter College, City University of New York and a PhD in philosophy from Columbia University and

Career[edit]

Miedzian's career as a philosophy professor included teaching as Rutgers University, Barnard College, and Brooklyn College.[5]

Miedzian and her husband, Gary Ferdman, founded Monumental Women,[6][7] a non-profit organization dedicated to placing the first statue honoring women in New York City's Central Park.[8][9][circular reference] Its efforts were successful and the statue, which honors Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was unveiled, after seven years, in August 2020.[10] Miedzian is also a founding director of Prepare Tomorrow's Parents, a non-profit organization that works to promote child-rearing education in public schools.[11]

Miedzian has been a guest speaker on over 300 television and radio programs, and has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. She is a writer of articles, opinion pieces, and blogs. She has delivered lectures on reducing violence through changes in the socialization of boys at international events and academic institutions, including at the International Psychohistory Conferences and the Mississauga/Dufferin-Peel Lecture, in Ontario, Canada.[12][13]

Selected publications[edit]

  • Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence (Doubleday 1991, Anchor 1992, revised edition Lantern Books 2002) ISBN 978-0385239325[14][15][16][17]
  • Generations: A Century of Women Speak About Their Lives *co-authored with daughter Alisa Malinovich. (Grove Atlantic 1995, Kindle 2013) ISBN 978-0871136787[18]
  • He Walked Through Walls: A Twentieth Century Tale of Survival (Lantern Books, 2009) ISBN 978-1590561492[19]

Anthologies[edit]

  • "Rethinking Peace" (Lynne Rienner, 1994)
  • "Ending The Cycle of Violence" (Sage, 1994)
  • "Transforming a Rape Culture" (Milkweed, 2004)
  • "Violence and Gender" (Prentice Hall, 2004)[20][21]
  • "Motherhood and Feminism" (Seal Press, 2010)
  • "New Girl Order: Are Men in Decline?" (Cato Unbound, 2012)[22]
  • "Transforming Terror" (University of California, 2011)
  • "Marxism, Revolution, and Utopia Vol. 6" (University of California, 2014)[23][24]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Myriam Miedzian: books, biography, latest update". Amazon.com (in Spanish). Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  2. ^ "ABOUT PREPARE TOMORROW'S PARENTS". www.preparetomorrowsparents.org. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "Myriam Miedzian Quotes –". OpenQuotes. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  4. ^ WASKOW, A. But is it desirable? CrossCurrents, [s. l.], v. 42, n. 4, p. 539, 1992. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=9603276189&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: 24 mar. 2023.
  5. ^ "Myriam Miedzian". Cato Unbound. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  6. ^ "About Myriam Miedzian". myriamssite. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  7. ^ Jones, Martha S. 2019. "How New York’s new monument whitewashes the women’s rights movement." Washington, D.C., United States Washington, D.C.: WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post.
  8. ^ "Time to 'Remember the Ladies' – in Central Park". HuffPost. March 18, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  9. ^ "Women's Rights Pioneers Monument". Wikipedia. February 15, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  10. ^ Moore, Chadwick (July 13, 2015). "Fighting to Bring Women in History to Central Park". The New York Times. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  11. ^ Lipsyte, Robert (August 4, 1991). "ROBERT LIPSYTE; The Manly Art Of Self-Delusion". The New York Times. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  12. ^ "Myriam Miedzian". Jewish Currents. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  13. ^ "myriam-miedzian". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  14. ^ Liebmann, Marian (1992). "Reviews : Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the link between masculinity and violence Myriam Miedzian Virago, 1992; pp 298, £6.99 pbk". Probation Journal. 39 (3): 161. doi:10.1177/026455059203900312. S2CID 145290038. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  15. ^ "15 Minutes of Fame: La Jolla author's first book landed her on Oprah Winfrey's show and hundreds more". La Jolla Light. August 1, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  16. ^ Waskow, Arthur. "But Is It Desirable?" CrossCurrents, vol. 42, no. 4, 1992, pp. 539–42. JSTOR, JSTOR 24460041. Accessed March 17, 2023.
  17. ^ GREENE, L. S. Boys Will Be Boys: How We Encourage Violence in Our Sons and What We Can Do To Stop It. Library Journal, [s. l.], v. 116, n. 10, p. 172, 1991. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=9107012123&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: March 17, 2023.
  18. ^ MCEWAN, L. L. Generations: A Century of Women Speak About Their Lives. Library Journal, [s. l.], v. 122, n. 12, p. 103, 1997. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=9707193088&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: March 17, 2023.
  19. ^ "He Walked Through Walls: A Reading and Discussion of Survival Ethics". library.ucsd.edu. January 9, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  20. ^ "Gender Violence, 2nd Edition". NYU Press. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  21. ^ Gilbert, Paula Ruth; Eby, Kimberly K. (2004). Violence and Gender: An Interdisciplinary Reader 1st Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall. ISBN 0131116312.
  22. ^ "New Girl Order: Are Men in Decline?". Cato Unbound. August 1, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  23. ^ "Marxism, Revolution, Utopia: Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse, Volume 6". www.researchgate.net. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  24. ^ "Myriam Miedzian Bio – Herbert Marcuse Official Website". www.marcuse.org. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
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