Rosalind P. Petchesky Explained

Rosalind Pollack Petchesky (born August 16, 1942) is an American political scientist, and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Hunter College, City University of New York.^[1] She is the founder of the International Reproductive Rights Research Action Group (IRRAG).^[2]

Early life and education

Rosalind Pollack Petchesky was born in Bay City, Texas to Roberta Friedman and Simon Pollack.^[3]

Petchesky graduated from Smith College summa cum laude, and has a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. She previously taught at Ramapo College.

Career

Petchesky is known for incorporating differing theoretical frameworks, including ethics, political philosophy, history, political science, and others, into the study of reproductive rights.^[4]

From 1972 to 1987 she was Professor of Political and Social Theory at Ramapo College of New Jersey. In 1987 she was hired as Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of Women's Studies at Hunter College in New York. Petchesky lectures widely and is the author/editor of many professional articles and numerous books.

Petchesky is on the international advisory board of Signs,^[5] an international journal in women's and gender studies.

Activism

Petchesky was the oldest person arrested at Grand Central Terminal, October 27, 2023, in a protest calling for a ceasefire in the 2023 Gaza conflict. She organized a group of more than 30 Jewish seniors to participate.^[6] She was also among a group of 18 Jewish elder women who chained themselves to the White House front gate prior to the annual Hanukkah party.^[7]

Awards

• 1995 MacArthur Fellows Program

Works

• Petchesky . Rosalind P. . Abortion and Woman's Choice: The State, Sexuality, and Reproductive Freedom . . Boston . 1984 . 412 . The first edition was winner of the American Historical Association's 1984 Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in Women's History. Second revised edition: 1990.
  • Petchesky . Rosalind P. . Fetal Images: The Power of Visual Culture in the Politics of Reproduction . . 13. 2 . Summer 1987. 263–292 . 10.2307/3177802 . 3177802 . 41193716 . 2027/spo.0499697.0013.203 . free .
• Petchesky . Rosalind P. . Response . . . Fall 2003 .
• News: Petchesky . Rosalind P. . Phantom towers: feminist reflections on the battle between global capitalism and fundamentalist terrorism . Socialistische Positionen [Socialist Positions] . Germany . October 2001 .
• News: Petchesky . Rosalind P. . On the unstable marriage of reproductive and sexual rights: the case for a trial separation . . . 22 March 2006 .
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• Book: Petchesky, Rosalind P. . Perspectivas críticas sobre el empoderamiento . Society for International Development . Gender and Diversity Department, Buenos Aires Chapter . September 2012 .
• Petchesky R. P. & Alexander M. (2014). Debt. Feminist Press at the City University of New York.
• Farmer, E., Petchesky, R. P., Sills, S., & Erakat, N. (2021). A land with a people : Palestinians and Jews confront Zionism : a collection of personal stories, history, poetry, and art. Monthly Review Press.

External links

• Rosalind Petchesky papers at the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Special Collections

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rosalind Pollack Petchesky — Hunter College. 2020-07-28. www.hunter.cuny.edu.
2. Web site: International Reproductive Rights Research Action Group. 28 July 2020. OCLC WorldCat Identities.
3. Web site: Collection: Rosalind Petchesky papers Smith College Finding Aids. 2020-07-28. findingaids.smith.edu.
4. Web site: Rosalind P. Petchesky - MacArthur Foundation. 2020-07-28. www.macfound.org.
5. Web site: Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society -. 2020-07-28. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. en-US.
6. Mansoor . Sanya . 2023-11-17 . The Jewish Americans Calling for a Ceasefire . 2023-12-13 . TIME . en.
7. Web site: Johnson . Jake . Dec 11, 2023 . Chained to White House Fence, Jewish Elders Chant 'Cease-Fire Not Genocide' . 2023-12-13 . www.commondreams.org . en.