Merlin Stone
Merlin Stone | |
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| Born | Marilyn Claire Jacobson September 27, 1931 Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Died | February 23, 2011 (aged 79) Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
| Education | |
| Occupation(s) | Author, sculptor, professor |
| Employer(s) | State University of New York at Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, University of California Berkeley |
| Notable work | When God Was a Woman |
| Television | Goddess Remembered documentary |
| Movement | Goddess movement |
| Partner | Lenny Schneir |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | A Metallic Art Medal Award from Erasmus Hall High School and two Albright-Knox Annual Sculpture Awards (1962 and 1965) |
| Honours | Honorary doctoral degree awarded by the California Institute of Integral Studies |
Merlin Stone (born Marilyn Jacobson; September 27, 1931 – February 23, 2011) was an American author, artist and academic. She was an important thinker of the feminist theology and Goddess movements and is known for her book When God Was a Woman.