Loretta Ross

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Full Name	Loretta Ross
Occupation	Academic
Date Of Birth	Aug 16, 1953(1953-08-16)
Age	71
Birthplace	Temple
Country	United States
Horoscope	Leo

Loretta Ross Biography

Loretta Ross is one of the most popular and richest Academic who was born on August 16, 1953 in Temple, United States.

For her primary education, Ross attended integrated schools. She went to Army school through second grade and transferred to public schools afterwards. Ross’ grades were high and she received honors during her school years. In 1964, at age 11, Ross became a survivor of sexual assault, where she was beaten and raped by a stranger. In 1968, at the age of 15, Ross was raped by her distant cousin, became pregnant, and gave birth to a son. Ross lost her scholarship from Radcliffe College when she decided to keep her son instead of sending him away for adoption.

In 1970, Ross attended Howard University for her tertiary education. During her undergraduate career there, she became actively involved in black nationalist politics and civil rights movements, such as black women feminism ideologies and racial issues. In 1976, at age 23, Ross experienced sterilization abuse when she was sterilized with Dalkon Shield, a type of intrauterine device that was marketed despite found to be defective, potentially causing major negative health threats to its users, especially inflicting harm on African American and poor communities. Ross was among the first women of color to win the suit case against the manufacturer of Dalkon Shield, A.H. Robins. This incident has influenced Ross tremendously. Because of this experience, she found her passion advocating for reproductive justice and racial politics. She engaged in black nationalist politics, tenant organizing, a Marxist-Leninist discussion group called the D.C. Study Group, and the South Africa Support Project. In November 1980, the murder of her close friend and political ally, Yulanda Ward, became the turning point in Ross’ life as an activist. Ross has referred to this murder as a political assassination.

Loretta Ross Net Worth

Loretta Ross is one of the richest Academic from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Loretta Ross 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ross was born in Temple, Texas on August 16, 1953. Being the second daughter out of her eight siblings, Ross was raised within a large and conventional blended family. Her father, who immigrated from Jamaica, was an Army weapons specialist and drill sergeant. He retired from the military in 1963, worked for the Post Office, and held odd jobs to support his family. Her mother was a housewife and owned a music store.

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Ross was one of the African American women who first coined the term “reproductive justice”, with the aim to frame the pursuit of reproductive justice using the social justice framework. In 2002, Ross was one of the interviewees featured in the Global Feminism Project archive, which is a project organized under the University of Michigan, compiling interviews of feminist icons from many different countries.

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Rayner Ranked on the list of most popular Academic. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Loretta Ross celebrates birthday on August 16 of every year.

Ross has published books on reproductive justice, as well as many articles on African American women and abortion. In 2004, Ross co-authored Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organizing for Reproductive Justice, a book that uncovers the unrevealed history of the activism of women of color in organizing for reproductive justice. Ross contributed her insights in a chapter entitled “The Color of Choice” in Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology, which was published in 2016. Currently, Ross is working on her soon-to-be published book entitled Black Abortion that will focus on reproductive rights issues.