Marilyn Friedman ne adam wata
Marilyn Ann Friedman (an haife ta ne watan Afrilu ranar bakwai, shekara ta dubu daya da dari tara da arba'in da biyar)  Yar falsafa Ba’amurkiya ne. Ta rike W. Alton Jones Shugaban Falsafa a Jami'ar Vanderbilt .

Ilimi 
A shekara ta dubu daya da dari tara da sitin da bakwai, ta sami AB a kimiyyar siyasa daga Jami'ar Washington a St. Louis . A 1968, ta koma Kanada don dalilai na siyasa kuma ta zauna a can har tsawon shekaru goma. A shekarar  ta dubu daya da dari tara da saba'in da hudu ta sami digiri na uku na Ph.D. a cikin falsafa daga Jami'ar Western Ontario a London, Ontario, Kanada. A cikin shekara ta dubu daya da dari tara da sitin da hudu , yayin da Friedman ke hutun shekara guda daga jami'a, abin da ta kira "wani irin jahilcin siyasa da rashin tausayi" ta hanyar rudani na siyasa ya rinjaye ta.

Sana'a 
Aikin koyarwa na cikakken lokaci Friedman ta fara ne a cikin 1973 a Jami'ar Denison, inda ta shafe shekaru hudu tana koyarwa. Tun daga wannan lokacin ta kuma koyarwa a Amurka da Kanada, tun daga ƙananan kwalejin fasaha na  masu zaman kansu zuwa babbar jami'ar jiha, kamar Jami'ar Western Ontario, Bowling Green State University, Jami'ar Purdue, da Jami'ar Washington a St. Louis.

A tsakiyar shekara ta dubu daya da dari tara da tamanin, cin gashin kai ya zama babban abin da ta fi mayar da hankali a fannin ilimi. "Yawancin masu ra'ayin mata sun yi tunanin cewa kyawawan dabi'u na cin gashin kansu suna wakiltar maza amma ba salon tunanin mace ba," in ji Friedman.  “Yawancin mutane suna kallon cin gashin kai a matsayin rabuwar kai da masoya—wani irin son kai. Ina ganin hakan ta fuskar yunƙurin kai, kuma ban yi tunanin cewa dole ne ya ɗauki ƙungiyoyin mazaje na musamman ba. Friedman yayi la'akari da tasirin dangi da alaƙar al'umma akan 'yancin kai kuma yana ɗaukar tunani mai mahimmanci azaman hanyar rage zalunci.  Ta kuma binciko batutuwa irin su: yanayin dangantakar abokantaka ta kut-da-kut, mata masu fama da talauci, kulawa da adalci, bangaranci da rashin son kai, cin gashin kai, sanin jinsi, da ilimin al'adu da yawa .  Friedman ta sami aiki a 1993, shekaru ashirin bayan ta fara koyarwa. A cikin 2009 ta shiga baiwa a Jami'ar Vanderbilt,  tana aiki a falsafar zamantakewa da siyasa, ɗa'a, da ka'idar mata.

Labarai 
Littafin farko na Friedman, Menene Abokai Don? Ra'ayin 'Yan Mata akan Dangantakar Kai akan Ka'idar dabi'a,  ya tattauna abokantaka, ka'idodin kulawa, bangaranci, da rashin son kai. Littafinta na 2003 Autonomy, Gender, Politics,  yana kare manufofin cin gashin kai daga nazari daban-daban kuma yana amfani da wannan samfurin ga batutuwa kamar tashin hankali na cikin gida da dangantakar siyasa ta al'adu daban-daban.  Friedman kuma shi ne editan mata da zama dan kasa, wanda ya ƙunshi kasidu ta hanyar manyan malaman mata, kuma yana da haɗin gwiwar Feminism da Community, Mind and Morals: Essays on Ethics and Cognitive Science, da Rights and Reason: Essays in Honor of Carl Wellman . Labarinta sun bayyana a cikin tarihin tarihi,  da kuma Jaridar Falsafa, Da'a, Hypatia, da sauransu.

Kyaututtuka da karramawa 
A cikin tsawon rayuwar Friedman, ta sami haɗin gwiwar bincike da yawa kuma ta jagoranci shirin karatun mata. Filayenta na musamman su ne 'yan ta'adda mata, 'yancin mata, da bambancin al'adu . Abubuwan da Friedman ke da shi sun hada da wani shiri kan ‘yan ta’adda mata, kuma ta tabo batutuwan da suka hada da ko ana bukatar nagarta don jin dadi, yadda za a rika zargin mutane a hanyar da ta dace, da kuma yadda za a fahimci matan da aka zalunta da aka yanke musu hukuncin kin kare ‘ya’yansu daga irin masu zagin da suke zaginsu.

Rayuwa ta sirri 
Friedman ta taso ne a birnin Chicago ta hanyar iyayen da ba su da ilimi sosai, baƙi Yahudawa masu aiki.  Ta auri masanin falsafa Larry May,  kuma tana da 'ya daya.
Rayayyun mutane
Haifaffun 1945