On this day
03
January

Dorothy Arzner, Mary Daly, Monique Wittig

Born: Dorothy Arzner (1897)
Died: Mary Daly (2010), Monique Wittig (2003)

Born on this day

03JanBorn 1897129th birthday

Dorothy Arzner

One of the few women directing in Hollywood’s studio era, she made films that gave women room to question the roles available to them.

Died on this day

03JanDied 201016th anniversary of death

Mary Daly

A Catholic theologian who left the Church to become one of the most radical voices of lesbian feminism.

03JanDied 200323rd anniversary of death

Monique Wittig

“Lesbians are not women”: the French writer turned lesbian existence into a radical challenge to the idea of gender itself.