Liedloff died on March 15, 2011, in Sausalito, California.

She was a founding member of The Ecologist magazine. Her book is based on her experiences while living with the Yequana, and discusses in particular their style of child-rearing and its fundamental effect on their later lives. She wrote her book, The Continuum Concept, to describe her new understanding of how we have lost much of our natural well-being, and to show us practical ways to regain it for our children and for ourselves. Over time she became fascinated with the Yequana, and made a decision to return to Venezuela to live with them. ĭuring a diamond-hunting expedition to Venezuela, she came into contact with an indigenous people named the Yequana. She is the aunt of writer Janet Hobhouse, and is represented by the character Constance in Hobhouse's book 'The Furies.'īorn in New York City in 1926, as a teenager she attended the Drew Seminary for Young Women and began studying at Cornell University, but began her expeditions before she could graduate. Jean Liedloff (Novem– March 15, 2011) was an American author, born in New York City, and best known for her 1975 book The Continuum Concept. ( March 2011) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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