# ERICA JONG: FEARLESS VOICE OF FEMALE SEXUALITY
## Early Life and Education Erica Jong (born Erica Mann on March 26, 1942) was born in New York City to a culturally rich family with Jewish roots. Her father, Seymour Mann (born Samuel Weisman), was a Polish Jewish businessman who owned a gift and home accessories company known for mass-producing porcelain dolls. Her mother, Eda Mirsky (1911-2012), was born in England to a family of Russian Jewish immigrants and worked as a painter and textile designer, also creating dolls for her husband's company. Jong grew up alongside two sisters: an older sister named Suzanna, who married Lebanese businessman Arthur Daou, and a younger sister named Claudia, a social worker. Among her nephews is Peter Daou, a political strategist and former musician who in 1994 produced an album titled "Zipless," a concept album based on Jong's novel "Fear of Flying." During the 1950s, Jong attended the High School of Music and Art in New York, where she developed her passion for art an...
