Lin­da Hir­sh­man is a lawyer and cul­tur­al his­to­ri­an and the author of Vic­to­ry: The Tri­umphant Gay Rev­o­lu­tion and many oth­er books. She received her JD from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Chica­go Law School and her PhD in phi­los­o­phy from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Illi­nois at Chica­go, and has taught phi­los­o­phy and wom­en’s stud­ies at Bran­deis Uni­ver­si­ty. Her writ­ing has appeared in the New York Times, Wash­ing­ton Post,Slate, Newsweek, The Dai­ly Beast, and POLITI­CO. She lives in Ari­zona and New York City.