bell hooks
Born	Gloria Jean Watkins (1952-09-25)September 25, 1952 Hopkinsville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	December 15, 2021(2021-12-15) (aged 69) Berea, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation	Author, social activist
Notable works	Ain’t I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism All About Love: New Visions We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
Parents	Veodis Watkins and Rosa Bell Watkins

Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021), better known by her pen name bell hooks was an award-winning African-American radical feminist writer and speaker. bell hooks takes her name from her great-grandmother Bell Blair Hooks. Her pen name does not use capital letters because the ideas in her writing are more important than the fact that she wrote them.