Cathy Young
| Cathy Young | |
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| Born |
Ekaterina Jung February 10, 1963 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Education | Rutgers University |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer, research associate |
| Website | cathyyoung |
Cathy Young (born Yekaterina Yung, Russian: Екатерина Юнг, born February 10, 1963) is a Russian-born American journalist. Young is known for her writing on the topics of rape and feminism. Young is the author of two books, a frequent contributor to the libertarian monthly Reason, and a regular columnist for Newsday, RealClearPolitics.com, Time, and Allthink.
Born in Moscow, the capital of what was then the Soviet Union, Ekaterina Jung was 17 when her family emigrated to the United States in 1980. She became a naturalized citizen in 1987 as Catherine Alicia Young, and graduated from Rutgers University in 1988. At Rutgers, she wrote a column for the student newspaper The Daily Targum and worked as a student writer for The Detroit News. She also completed her autobiography, Growing Up in Moscow: Memories of a Soviet Girlhood, published in 1989.
Continuing her association with The Detroit News, Young was a regular columnist for the newspaper from 1993 to 2000 and worked as a freelance journalist for a variety of publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday, The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, The American Spectator, National Review, Salon.com, The Weekly Standard, and Reason.
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