Who is Alice Walker’s daughter Rebecca Walker?
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'LIKE mother, like daughter' is an understatement when it comes to Alice Walker, and her daughter, Rebecca.
The Walker women are both iconic trailblazers in the feminist movement and use their writing to inspire and teach.
Who is Alice Walker's daughter Rebecca Walker?
Rebecca Walker, 52, is a writer, feminist, and activist.
She was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1969 to her mother, Alice Walker, and her father, Melvyn R Leventhal, a Jewish civil rights lawyer.
At the age of 15, after her parents' divorce, Rebecca decided to change her last name to Walker - her mother's maiden name.
She graduated cum laude from Yale University in 1992 and was named one of the 50 future leaders of America by Time Magazine, nearly two years later.
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As a prominent voice of 'Third Wave Feminism,' her work has appeared in publications including The Washington Post, The Glamour, Essence, and CNN.
In 2004, Rebecca gave birth to her first child, Tenzin Walker, with her former partner Glen, a Buddhist teacher.
She is the author of several bestselling books including Adé and What's Your Story? A Journal for Everyday Evolution.
What is Rebecca Walker's new book about?
Women Talk Money: Breaking the Taboo is a collection of essays "exploring the profound impact of money on women’s lives, edited by prominent feminist and writer Rebecca Walker," as described on Amazon.
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The anthology was published through Simon & Schuster on March 15, 2022, and is 320 pages.
Women Talk Money "unflinchingly recounts the power of money to impact health, define relationships, and shape identity."
It includes unpublished essays by Alice Walker, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Rachel Cargle, Tracy McMillan, Cameron Russell, and more.
“This powerful book helps us navigate our narratives around lack, abundance, well-being, privilege, oppression, suffering, and joy," said Layla F Saad, New York Times bestselling author of Me and White Supremacy, in an editorial review.
"We are reminded that money isn't everything and money impacts everything."
Who is Rebecca's mother, Alice Walker?
Alice Walker, 78, was born on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia.
The novelist, poet, and activist is blind in one eye following a bb gun accident when she was younger.
In 1965, Alice graduated from Sarah Lawrence and met her future husband-to-be.
In 1967, she married Melvyn Leventhal but later divorced less than 10 years later.
In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel, The Color Purple.
A year later, she won the National Book Award for hardcover fiction for the same book.
Alice's latest book was published on April 12, 2022.
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000, is a compilation of Walker’s fifty years' worth of journals.
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What is Alice Walker's net worth?
Alice's net worth is estimated to be nearly $6million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Other popular novels by the award-winning writer include Meridian, 1976, and The Third Life of Grange Copeland, 1970.
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