Max Dashu | |
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| Born | Maxine Hammond 1950 (age 73–74) West Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | Feminist historian, author, artist |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Notable work | Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700–1100 |
| Partner | Nava Mizrahhi |
| Website | Suppressed Histories Archive |
Maxine Hammond Dashu (born 1950), known professionally as Max Dashu, is an American feminist historian, author, and artist. Her areas of expertise include female iconography, mother-right cultures and the origins of patriarchy.
In 1970, Dashu, who is lesbian,[citation needed] founded the Suppressed Histories Archives to research and document women's history and to make the full spectrum of women's history and culture visible and accessible.[1][2] The collection includes 15,000 slides and 30,000 digital images.[3][4] Since the early 1970s, Dashu has delivered visual presentations on women's history throughout North America, Europe and Australia.[3]
Dashu is the author of Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700–1100 (2016), the first volume of a planned 16-volume series called Secret History of the Witches.[5]
- ^ Love, Barbara J., ed. (2006). "Max Dashu". Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975. University of Illinois Press. p. 108. ISBN 9780252097478.
- ^ Women Library Workers (1983), volume 8.
- ^ a b Dashu, Max. "About Max Dashu". Suppressed Histories Archive. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
- ^ "Max Dashu". MatriFocus. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
- ^ Dashu, Max (2016). Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100. Richmond, CA: Veleda Press. ISBN 978-0-692-74028-6.