{{Short description|American feminist}} {{Redirect|Anne Huggett|the English sufragette|Annie Huggett}} {{use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Anne Pride<!-- include middle initial, if not specified in birth_name --> | image = Anne Pride obituary image.png<!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = Obituary photo in The Pittsburgh Press April 26, 1990 | birth_name = Anne Huggett | birth_date = July 29, 1942<!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Birth-date and age|Month DD, YYYY}} --> | birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US | death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|04|24|1942|07|29}} | death_place = West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, US | other_names = Anne Kurlfink | spouse = Edwin Kurlfink | children = 2 | criminal_charge = {{force singular}}Contempt of court, 1980. Appeal upheld | occupation = Housewife, activist, editor, publisher | known_for = Prompting landmark legislation regarding the confidentiality of rape victims' records }}

'''Anne Pride''' (July 29, 1942 &ndash; April 24, 1990) was a National Organization for Women (NOW) activist and publisher. Pride, an activist against rape, began using the term "Take Back the Night" in 1977. Pride helped found one of the first rape crisis centers in the United States and was involved in protecting the privacy of her clients.

==Career== Pride started getting involved in feminist activism in 1968.<ref name=":2">{{cite news|last=Butler|first=Ann|date=19 December 1989|title=A look at 3 district feminists who made a difference|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19891219&id=noMcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pmMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5918,2399878|access-date=30 June 2020}}</ref> She joined the National Organization of Women (NOW) in 1969.<ref name=":3" /> She served as editor of ''Do It NOW'', NOW's national newsletter from 1970 to 1976.<ref name=":2" /> From 1975 to 1977, she was on the board of directors for NOW.<ref name=":1" />

As a NOW activist, in 1977 she used the term "Take Back the Night" in a memorial she read at an anti-violence rally in Pittsburgh.<ref>{{cite web|title=Take Back the Night|url=http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/takenite2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830094900/http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/takenite2.html|archive-date=2006-08-30|access-date=2013-08-05|publisher=UMBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Morris|first1=Bonnie J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=udZLDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22anne+pride%22+feminist&pg=PA96|title=The Feminist Revolution: The Struggle for Women's Liberation|last2=Withers|first2=D.-M.|date=2018|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|isbn=978-1-58834-612-4|pages=96|language=en}}</ref>

Pride was a founder of KNOW, Inc., which worked to publish feminist viewpoints.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1975-10-31|title=Feminist Issues Treated Fairer, Anne Pride Says|pages=25|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54456261/fort-worth-star-telegram/|access-date=2020-06-30|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1977, Pride became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Associates {{!}} The Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press|url=http://www.wifp.org/who-we-are/associates/|access-date=2017-06-21|website=www.wifp.org|language=en-US}}</ref>

Pride helped create one of the world's first rape crisis centers,{{efn|The Sydney Rape Crisis Centre was established in 1971.<ref>{{cite web | title=First rape crisis centre established | website=Timeline | date=2 March 1972 | url=https://timeline.awava.org.au/archives/363 | access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref>}} the Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR) in 1974.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=26 April 1990|title=Pioneer in Women's Movement Anne Pride|work=The Pittsburgh Press|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19900426&id=exwhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s2MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6775,5787332|access-date=30 June 2020|via=Google News}}</ref> She later became part of PAAR staff, starting in 1976.<ref name=":1" />

In the 1980s, she was the director of PAAR.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=1981-01-24|title=Decision Hindering Rape Counseling|pages=2|work=The Times-Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54456477/the-times-tribune/|access-date=2020-06-30|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1980, Pride refused to give client interview notes to the defense attorney during a rape trial, citing confidentiality concerns.<ref name=":0" /> She was found in contempt of court and the appeal was upheld by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.<ref name=":0" /> The court case led to the creation of legislation in Pennsylvania which would ensure confidentiality for rape victims and counselors at crisis centers.<ref name=":2" />

==Personal life== Pride was born as Anne Hugget on July 29, 1942.<ref name=":2" /> She married Edwin Kurlfink at the age of 16, but even before her separation and divorce, wanted to change her name back to Huggett, her family name.<ref name=":2" /> However, Pride's father didn't want his name to be associated with the women's movement.<ref name=":2" /> Upon her separation from Edwin in 1977, she changed her name to Pride.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/takenite2.html|title=Take Back the Night|publisher=UMBC| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830094900/http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/takenite2.html | archive-date=2006-08-30|access-date=2013-08-05}}</ref> She and her husband had two children.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last=Lowry|first=Patricia|date=1984-05-15|title=Feminism Transforms Her from Housewife to Activist|pages=12|work=The Pittsburgh Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54457919/the-pittsburgh-press/|access-date=2020-06-30|via=Newspapers.com}} and {{Cite news|date=1984-05-15|title=Former Homemaker Turns Activist|page=B8|work=The Pittsburgh Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54458187/the-pittsburgh-press/|access-date=2020-06-30|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Pride was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1989.<ref name=":2" /> She died on April 24, 1990, at West Penn Hospital after fighting cancer.<ref name=":1" />

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== External links == * [http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00258 Anne Pride, Papers of NOW Officers.][http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles Schlesinger Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509153246/http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/ |date=May 9, 2012 }}, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.

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