She describes herself as " a single woman " , even though " I was always a great believer in romance and partnership . " " I would like to be in close association with a man whose work I respect , " she told an interviewer , attributing her unmarried status to the fact that she was " not willing to compromise . " As a child Brownmiller was sent to the East Midwood Jewish Center for two afternoons a week to learn Hebrew and Jewish history . She would later comment , " It all got sort of mishmashed in my brain except for one thread : a helluva lot of people over the centuries seemed to want to harm the Jewish people . ... I can argue that my chosen path - to fight against physical harm , specifically the terror of violence against women - had its origins in what I had learned in Hebrew School about the pogroms and The Holocaust . " She had " a stormy adolescence " , attending Cornell University for two years ( 1952 to 1954 ) on scholarships , but not graduating . She later studied acting in New York City . She appeared in two off-Broadway productions
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
Susan Brownmiller