Rebecca Walker — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Coined the term 'Third Wave' feminism in a 1992 Ms. magazine article.
Co-founded the Third Wave Fund, a non-profit supporting young women of color, queer, intersex, and trans individuals in activism and leadership.
Author of the 2000 memoir 'Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self'.
Named one of the 50 future leaders of America by Time magazine in 1994.
Graduated cum laude from Yale University in 1992.
Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Salon, Glamour, and Essence.

Biography

Rebecca Walker is an American writer, feminist, and activist, widely regarded as one of the prominent voices of Third Wave Feminism. She is credited with coining the term 'third wave' after publishing her 1992 Ms. magazine article, 'Becoming the Third Wave'.

Her writing, teaching, and speeches focus on race, gender, politics, power, and culture. In 1994, Time magazine recognized her as one of the 50 future leaders of America.