Carol J. Adams is an American writer, feminist, and animal rights advocate. She is the author of several books, including The Sexual Politics of Meat and The Pornography of Meat, focusing in particular on what she argues are the links between the oppression of women and that of non-human animals. Adams has published around 100 articles or entries in journals, books, magazines, and encyclopedias on vegetarianism, animal rights, domestic violence, and sexual abuse. She was inducted into the Animal Rights Hall of Fame in 2011. [More at Wikipedia]

January 1st, 1951 in New York City (Age 73)