birth_date: 1949-02-20 00:00:00
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name: Mab Segrest
about: Mabelle ("Mab) Massey Segrest is an American feminist, lesbian, writer, and activist.Born in Alabama, Segrest received her Ph.D. in Modern British Literature from Duke University in 1979 and was appointed the Fuller-Matthai Professor of Gender &amp; Women's Studies at Connecticut College in 2004. Segrest is often recognized for her efforts combatting sexism, racism, homophobia, classism, and other forms of oppression. She is credited by some as being one of the main forces that drove the Ku Klux Klan from North Carolina in the late 1980s. Mabelle ("Mab) Massey Segrest is an American feminist, lesbian, writer, and activist.Born in Alabama, Segrest received her Ph.D. in Modern British Literature from Duke University in 1979 and was appointed the Fuller-Matthai Professor of Gender &amp; Women's Studies at Connecticut College in 2004. Segrest is often recognized for her efforts combatting sexism, racism, homophobia, classism, and other forms of oppression. She is credited by some as being one of the main forces that drove the Ku Klux Klan from North Carolina in the late 1980s. ...more