Eve Ensler

  • Born

    Born

    She was born on May 25, 1953 in NYC.
  • Parents

    Parents

    Her father was Jewish and her mother was Christian
  • Raised

    Eve was raised in the northern suburb of Scarsdale
  • Abuse

    From the ages of five to ten she was sexually and physically abused by her father
  • Graduated

    After she graduated she had an abusive relationship and started to depend on drugs and alcohol
  • Married

    Eve married Richard Dylan McDermott. He was an old 34 year old bartender
  • Adopted

    She adopted her husband's 16 year old son Mark Anthony
  • Miscarriage

    V suffered a miscarriage and Mark took the name she had planned for her baby Dylan
  • Activist

    She addresses the issues of violence against women and girls
  • The Treatment

    The Treatment

    Its a play that explains the moral and psychological trauma in military conflicts
  • Cancer

    She was receiving treatment for uterine cancer
  • Work

    V's work was about and for girls that aims to inspire girls to take agency over their minds, bodies, and hearts
  • Award

    V received an award for the Isabelle Stevenson Award at the 65th Tony Awards
  • V-day

    V raises money and educates the public about violence
  • Name change

    Her preference to be called was V
  • Book

    V published the book The Apology where she imagines what her now dead father would say if he was able to apologize for the sexual and physical abuse he inflicted on her as a child