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[[Valerie Solanas]] was a [[feminist]] author who had a history of violence and [[prostitution]]. She wrote the ''SCUM Manifesto'' (Society for Cutting Up Men) in 1967 and sold duplicated copies on the streets.
[[Valerie Solanas]] was a [[feminist]] author who had a history of violence and [[prostitution]]. She wrote the ''SCUM Manifesto'' (Society for Cutting Up Men) in 1967 and sold duplicated copies on the streets.
On June 3, 1968, Solanas shot and wounded artist [[Andy Warhol]] in his studio. After her arrest, she was initially declared mentally incompetent to stand trial, diagnosed as [[schizophrenic]], and involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital. About a year later she was found competent, pleaded guilty in court to the charge of [[assault]], and was sentenced to three years in prison. She was released in 1971 and died in 1988.
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[[category:United States History]]
[[category:United States History]]