Phyllis Chesler

Phyllis Chesler is the world renowned author of classic works, including the 2.5-million-copy bestseller Women and Madness, The New Anti-Semitism, Letters to a Young Feminist and Woman's Inhumanity to Woman. Her most recently published book The Death of Feminism (Palgrave Macmillan) has been called "a fierce polemic, filled with vigorous arguments and distressing human stories" (Kirkus). She is an Emerita Professor of psychology and women's studies, the co-founder of the Association for Women in Psychology (1969), the National Women's Health Network (1974), and the International Committee for Women of the Wall (1989). She is currently on the Board of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East and is also affiliated with Haifa and Bar Ilan Universities. She lives in New York City.