Free Stuff - GirlsLife girlslife.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from girlslife.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Last modified on Sun 30 May 2021 14.17 EDT
Alix Dobkin, who has died aged 80 from a brain aneurysm and stroke, was an American folk singer and lesbian activist who coined the term “women’s music,” which morphed into its own genre.
A performer in the New York folk scene of the 1960s, Dobkin had come to feminist activism after hearing the writer Germaine Greer interviewed in 1970 by Liza Cowan, then a radio host, during a pivotal moment in the women’s liberation movement. As a result, Dobkin began talking with other feminists in consciousness-raising groups about male supremacy and women’s oppression.