Kathleen Barry is an American writer, sociologist, and feminist, most widely known for her work discussing sex trafficking and feminist theory. Barry has two doctoral degrees from the University of California, Berkley in sociology and education, and her work has been vital in prompting international awareness of human sex trafficking. Barry cofounded the United Nations NGO, the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW), and was the recipient of the Wonder Woman Foundation Award for her strides towards the empowerment of women. Additionally, Barry has published several works, such as Female Sexual Slavery (1979), Vietnam’s Women in Transition (1995), The Prostitution of Sexuality (1995), Susan B. Anthony: A Biography of a Singular Feminist (2000), and Unmaking War, Remaking Men: How Empathy Can Reshape Our Politics, Our Soldiers and Ourselves (2010). Barry has also published a series of essays, including “The Vagina on Trial” (1971), and “On the history of cultural sadism” in Against Sadomasochism: A Radical Feminist Analysis (1982). Barry is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, and a professor emerita at Pennsylvania State University.
Portrait by Jean Weisinger
