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    | pronouns=[[she/her]], [[he/him]], or [[s/he]]<ref name="jwa">{{Cite web |title=Maxine Feldman, 1945 - 2007 |author= |work=Jewish Women's Archive |date= |access-date=8 October 2020 |url= https://jwa.org/weremember/feldman-maxine }}</ref>
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    | known_for="Angry Atthis"
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    '''Maxine "Max" Adele Feldman''' (December 26, 1945 – August 17, 2007) was an American folk singer-songwriter, comedian<ref name="zimmerman">{{cite book |editor-last= Zimmerman|editor-first= Bonnie|date= August 21, 2013|title= Encyclopedia of Lesbian Histories and Cultures|url= |location= |publisher= Routledge|page= 185 }}</ref><ref name="keetley">{{cite book |last= Keetley|first= Dawn|date=  February 22, 2005|title= Public Women, Public Words: A Documentary History of American Feminism, Volume 2|url= |location= |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield|page= 326|isbn=  }}</ref><ref name="mankiller">{{cite book |editor1-last= Mankiller|editor1-first= Wilma P.|editor2-last= Mink|editor2-first= Gwendolyn|editor3-last= Navarro|editor3-first= Marysa|editor4-last= Smith|editor4-first= Barbara|editor5-last= Steinem|editor5-first= Gloria|date= 1999|title= The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History|url= |location= |publisher= Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|page= 340|isbn= }}</ref> and pioneer of women's music. Feldman's song "Angry Atthis", first performed in May 1969 and first recorded in 1972,<ref name="airwaves">{{cite book |last1= Johnson|first1= Gail| last2= Keith|first2= Michael C|date= December 18, 2014|title= Queer Airwaves: The Story of Gay and Lesbian Broadcasting: The Story of Gay and Lesbian Broadcasting|url= |location= |publisher= Routledge|page= |isbn= }}</ref><ref name="gaiety">{{cite book |last= Warner|first= Sara|date= October 26, 2012|title= Acts of Gaiety: LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Rw9nhW4QeywC&lpg=PA139&dq=%22maxine%20feldman%22&pg=PA139#v=onepage&q=%22maxine%20feldman%22&f=false|location= |publisher= University of Michigan Press|page= 139|isbn= 978-0472035670}}</ref> is considered the first openly distributed [[coming out|out]] [[lesbian]] song<ref name="lesbian-gay-encyclopedia">{{cite book |chapter= Music, women's|editor1-last= Haggerty|editor1-first= George|editor2-last= Zimmerman|editor2-first= Bonnie|title= Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qAZ5AgAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=haggerty%20zimmerman%20encyclopedia&pg=PA523#v=onepage&q=maxine%20feldman&f=false|publisher= Taylor & Francis|date= September 2, 2003|page= 522}}</ref> of what would become the women's music movement.<ref name="vaid">{{cite book |last= Vaid|first= Urvashi|date= November 18, 1995|title= Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation|url= |location= |publisher= Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|page= |isbn=}}</ref><ref name="l">{{cite book |last= Morris|first= Bonnie J.|date= July 29, 2016|title= The Disappearing L: Erasure of Lesbian Spaces and Culture|url= |location= |publisher= SUNY Press |page= 27|isbn=  }}</ref> Feldman identified as a "big loud Jewish butch lesbian."<ref name="anderson">{{cite web|last=Anderson|first=Jamie|title=Maxine Feldman Folk Musician, Lesbian Activist 1945 – 2007|url=http://jwa.org/weremember/feldman-maxine|work=Sing Out! The Folk Song Magazine|publisher=Jewish Women's Archive|year=2008}}</ref><ref name="sullivan">{{cite book |last= Sullivan|first= Denise|date= 2011|title= Keep on Pushing: Black Power Music from Blues to Hip-hop|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=KiEczBAvANkC&lpg=PA147&dq=%22maxine%20feldman%22&pg=PA147#v=onepage&q=%22maxine%20feldman%22&f=false|location= |publisher= Chicago Review Press|page= |isbn= 9781556528170 }}</ref>
    '''Maxine "Max" Adele Feldman''' (December 26, 1945 – August 17, 2007) was an American folk singer-songwriter, comedian<ref name="zimmerman">{{cite book |editor-last= Zimmerman|editor-first= Bonnie|date= August 21, 2013|title= Encyclopedia of Lesbian Histories and Cultures|url= |location= |publisher= Routledge|page= 185 }}</ref><ref name="keetley">{{cite book |last= Keetley|first= Dawn|date=  February 22, 2005|title= Public Women, Public Words: A Documentary History of American Feminism, Volume 2|url= |location= |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield|page= 326|isbn=  }}</ref><ref name="mankiller">{{cite book |editor1-last= Mankiller|editor1-first= Wilma P.|editor2-last= Mink|editor2-first= Gwendolyn|editor3-last= Navarro|editor3-first= Marysa|editor4-last= Smith|editor4-first= Barbara|editor5-last= Steinem|editor5-first= Gloria|date= 1999|title= The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History|url= |location= |publisher= Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|page= 340|isbn= }}</ref> and pioneer of women's music. Feldman's song "Angry Atthis", first performed in May 1969 and first recorded in 1972,<ref name="airwaves">{{cite book |last1= Johnson|first1= Gail| last2= Keith|first2= Michael C|date= December 18, 2014|title= Queer Airwaves: The Story of Gay and Lesbian Broadcasting: The Story of Gay and Lesbian Broadcasting|url= |location= |publisher= Routledge|page= |isbn= }}</ref><ref name="gaiety">{{cite book |last= Warner|first= Sara|date= October 26, 2012|title= Acts of Gaiety: LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Rw9nhW4QeywC&lpg=PA139&dq=%22maxine%20feldman%22&pg=PA139#v=onepage&q=%22maxine%20feldman%22&f=false|location= |publisher= University of Michigan Press|page= 139|isbn= 978-0472035670}}</ref> is considered the first openly distributed [[coming out|out]] [[lesbian]] song<ref name="lesbian-gay-encyclopedia">{{cite book |chapter= Music, women's|editor1-last= Haggerty|editor1-first= George|editor2-last= Zimmerman|editor2-first= Bonnie|title= Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qAZ5AgAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=haggerty%20zimmerman%20encyclopedia&pg=PA523#v=onepage&q=maxine%20feldman&f=false|publisher= Taylor & Francis|date= September 2, 2003|page= 522}}</ref> of what would become the women's music movement.<ref name="vaid">{{cite book |last= Vaid|first= Urvashi|date= November 18, 1995|title= Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation|url= |location= |publisher= Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|page= |isbn=}}</ref><ref name="l">{{cite book |last= Morris|first= Bonnie J.|date= July 29, 2016|title= The Disappearing L: Erasure of Lesbian Spaces and Culture|url= |location= |publisher= SUNY Press |page= 27|isbn=  }}</ref> Feldman identified as a "big loud Jewish butch lesbian."<ref name="anderson">{{cite web|last=Anderson|first=Jamie|title=Maxine Feldman Folk Musician, Lesbian Activist 1945 – 2007|url=http://jwa.org/weremember/feldman-maxine|work=Sing Out! The Folk Song Magazine|publisher=Jewish Women's Archive|year=2008}}</ref><ref name="sullivan">{{cite book |last= Sullivan|first= Denise|date= 2011|title= Keep on Pushing: Black Power Music from Blues to Hip-hop|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=KiEczBAvANkC&lpg=PA147&dq=%22maxine%20feldman%22&pg=PA147#v=onepage&q=%22maxine%20feldman%22&f=false|location= |publisher= Chicago Review Press|page= |isbn= 9781556528170 }}</ref>


    In later years, according to partner Helen Thornton, Feldman held a gender identity that was "both/and" rather than "either/or."<ref name="Kiritsy">{{cite news|last=Kiritsy|first=Laura|title=Lesbian trail blazer Maxine Feldman dies|url=http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=36268|newspaper=Edge Providence|date=August 30, 2007}}</ref> Feldman had been comfortable with either gender label and wore men's clothing on stage.<ref name="sullivan"/>
    In later years, according to partner Helen Thornton, Feldman held a gender identity that was "both/and" rather than "either/or."<ref name="Kiritsy">{{cite news|last=Kiritsy|first=Laura|title=Lesbian trail blazer Maxine Feldman dies|url=http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=36268|newspaper=Edge Providence|date=August 30, 2007}}</ref> Feldman had been comfortable with being labeled either "man" or "woman", and wore men's clothing on stage.<ref name="sullivan"/>




    Revision as of 17:41, 8 October 2020

    Maxine Feldman
    Date of birth December 26, 1945
    Place of birth Brooklyn, New York
    Date of death August 17, 2007
    Place of death Albuquerque, New Mexico
    Nationality American
    Pronouns she/her, he/him, or s/he[1]
    Gender identity "transgender butch lesbian"[2]
    Occupation musician, comedian
    Known for "Angry Atthis"

    Maxine "Max" Adele Feldman (December 26, 1945 – August 17, 2007) was an American folk singer-songwriter, comedian[3][4][5] and pioneer of women's music. Feldman's song "Angry Atthis", first performed in May 1969 and first recorded in 1972,[6][7] is considered the first openly distributed out lesbian song[8] of what would become the women's music movement.[9][10] Feldman identified as a "big loud Jewish butch lesbian."[11][12]

    In later years, according to partner Helen Thornton, Feldman held a gender identity that was "both/and" rather than "either/or."[2] Feldman had been comfortable with being labeled either "man" or "woman", and wore men's clothing on stage.[12]


    References

    1. ↑ "Maxine Feldman, 1945 - 2007". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kiritsy, Laura (August 30, 2007). "Lesbian trail blazer Maxine Feldman dies". Edge Providence.
    3. ↑ Zimmerman, Bonnie, ed. (August 21, 2013). Encyclopedia of Lesbian Histories and Cultures. Routledge. p. 185.
    4. ↑ Keetley, Dawn (February 22, 2005). Public Women, Public Words: A Documentary History of American Feminism, Volume 2. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 326.
    5. ↑ Mankiller, Wilma P.; Mink, Gwendolyn; Navarro, Marysa; Smith, Barbara; Steinem, Gloria, eds. (1999). The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 340.
    6. ↑ Johnson, Gail; Keith, Michael C (December 18, 2014). Queer Airwaves: The Story of Gay and Lesbian Broadcasting: The Story of Gay and Lesbian Broadcasting. Routledge.
    7. ↑ Warner, Sara (October 26, 2012). Acts of Gaiety: LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure. University of Michigan Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-0472035670.
    8. ↑ Haggerty, George; Zimmerman, Bonnie, eds. (September 2, 2003). "Music, women's". Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures. Taylor & Francis. p. 522.
    9. ↑ Vaid, Urvashi (November 18, 1995). Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
    10. ↑ Morris, Bonnie J. (July 29, 2016). The Disappearing L: Erasure of Lesbian Spaces and Culture. SUNY Press. p. 27.
    11. ↑ Anderson, Jamie (2008). "Maxine Feldman Folk Musician, Lesbian Activist 1945 – 2007". Sing Out! The Folk Song Magazine. Jewish Women's Archive.
    12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Sullivan, Denise (2011). Keep on Pushing: Black Power Music from Blues to Hip-hop. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 9781556528170.
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