Linda R. Hirshman

A retired labor lawyer and professor, Linda Hirshman, J.D., PhD, is an author specializing in revolutionary social movements. Her most recent book is The Color of Abolition: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation (2022), which the NYT described as "fresh, provocative and engrossing." She has also written about the movement to end sex harassment (Reckoning), the Gay Revolution (Victory) and the feminist movement, both legal (Sisters in Law, A Woman's Guide to Law School) and cultural (Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World; Hard Bargains: The Politics of Sex). She received her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago and taught Philosophy and Women’s Studies at Brandeis University, specializing in the study of social movements. In recent years, she has appeared on 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, various NPR shows and the Colbert Report. She also has written for such publications as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Atlantic, She lives in New York City and Arizona.