Ellen Shumsky


Ellen Shumsky is a lesbian feminist activist, photographer, psychoanalytic teacher, psychotherapist, supervisor, and writer.
She was a member of the Lavender Menace in 1970.
She was also one of the founding members of the Radicalesbians, and one of the authors of the 1970 lesbian feminist manifesto "The Woman-Identified Woman", which was written by the Radicalesbians. She is signed to that manifesto as Ellen Bedoz.
Portrait of a Decade: 1968-1978, a collection of her photographs edited by Flavia Rando, was published in 2009. She took many photographs of the feminist, gay liberation and lesbian movements.
She is featured in the feminist history film She's Beautiful When She's Angry.