Millett died of cardiac arrest in Paris, where she was on vacation with her wife, Canadian photojournalist Sophie Keir, said Phyllis Chesler, a writer and friend of the couple. Millett "died in a city she loved," said Chesler, herself a celebrated figure in the American feminist movement. Millett found fame in 1970 with "Sexual Politics", which started life as a doctoral thesis before becoming a point of reference for feminist theorists. Upon her return to the United States, she taught English and began creating sculptures, before moving to Japan in 1961. In the book, she described "the terrible toll that such imprisonment took on her artist-soul, her intellectual mind," Chesler said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 08, 2017 22:18 UTC