Rebecca Walker

About

Feminist writer and activist notable for winning the Women of Distinction Award from the American Association of University Women. Her books include To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism and What Makes A Man: 22 Writers Imagine the Future.

Before Fame

She graduated cum laude from Yale University in 1992 and founded a non-profit organization to register voters.

Trivia

She won the Feminist of the Year Award from the Fund for the Feminist Majority.

Family Life

She was raised by her parents in New York and San Francisco. Her mother, Alice Walker, is also a famous author. Walker has a son, Tenzin, with her partner Glen. 

Associated With

Her mother, Alice Walker, wrote The Color Purple.