Native Tongue II: The Judas Rose

1987 Elgin, [Patricia Anne] Suzette [Wilkins] Haden (1936-2015). Native Tongue II: The Judas Rose. New York: DAW Books. Rpt. as Native Tongue 2: The Judas Rose. New York: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2002 with an “Afterword: Gender, Technology, and Violence” by Susan M. Squier and Julie Vedder on 365-80. 2nd ed. New York: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2019 with a “Foreword: The Veil of Language” by Rebecca Romney on vii-ix and an “Afterword: Gender, Technology, and Violence” by Susan M. Squier and Julie Vedder on 407-25. PSt

Sequel to 1984 Elgin in which the women’s plan to teach more women the women’s language is complicated by the presence of aliens on Earth and the infiltration of their movement by a woman at the instigation of the men. The aliens note that Earth women are ready to move onto a higher stage of civilization but that the me are not. See also 1994 Elgin. The female author held a doctorate in linguistics from the University of California, San Diego and wrote extensively on the subject. Her birth name was Patricia Anne Suzette Wilkins​.