Susan Brownmiller, author of the landmark book on sexual assault, ‘Against Our Will,’ dies at 90

The Still Vital—and Still Complicated—Legacy of Susan Brownmiller

The activist and author of the landmark rape study, Against Our Will, lived long see the struggle is still just beginning.

Susan Brownmiller, the prominent feminist who helped change the perception of rape, died last Saturday at age 90 in a hospital in New York. Brownmiller became famous after publishing in 1975 her book Against Our Will, a treaty on rape that put the accent on victims and consent. Journalist, anti-war and civil rights activist, was part of the feminist circle to which journalist and writer Gloria Steinem, also author and professor Kate Millett and …

Susan Brownmiller, Feminist Author of ‘Against Our Will,’ Dies at 90

Susan Brownmiller, a pioneering feminist author and activist whose groundbreaking 1975 book Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape transformed public discourse on sexual violence, died on May 24, 2025, in New York City. She was 90. The cause was complications from a fall, according to Emily Jane Goodman, a retired New York State Supreme Court justice and executor of Brownmiller’s estate. Sebastião Salgado dies at 81 A Voice That Changed the Conv…

Susan Brownmiller, author of the landmark book on sexual assault, Against Our Will, dies at 90

A journalist, anti-war protester and civil rights activist, she was part of a circle that included Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan and Kate Millett

Author of landmark book on sexual assault dies at 90

NEW YORK — Susan Brownmiller, a prominent feminist and author of the 1960s and '70s whose "Against Our Will" was a landmark and intensely debated bestseller about sexual assault, has died. She was 90.

Susan Brownmiller, author of the landmark book on sexual assault ‘Against Our Will,’ dies at 90

Susan Brownmiller, a prominent feminist and author of the 1960s and ‘70s whose “Against Our Will” was a landmark and intensely debated bestseller about sexual assault, has died.