Sharon Presley

Biography

Sharon Presley, Ph.D. was the Executive Director of the Association of Libertarian Feminists and co-​editor of Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre. She was editor of Libertarianism and Feminism: Individualist Perspectives on Women, Men, and the Family, an anthology in progress. As a social psychologist, her specialties were gender studies and obedience and resistance to authority. A long-​time libertarian activist, she was the co-​founder of Laissez Faire Books. Her articles have appeared in Reason, Liberty, and other libertarian magazines.
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Sharon Presley
Neither Gods Nor Masters: 19th Century American Women of Freethought, Part 1

For many women, resisting oppression meant turning a critical eye toward religious authorities.