by kathleencui | Dec 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
~ By Kathleen Cui ~ Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was known for excellence in many domains, ranging from her work as a renowned novelist to her role as a lecturer on social reform.[1] Born just prior to the civil war in Hartford, Connecticut, Gilman’s life...
by racheldvv | Dec 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
~ By Rachel Davis Van-Voorhis ~ Born in 1901 as an only child of a professor and a sociologist, Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist, one of the second generation of women in the United States to be able to seriously approach sociological questions in...
by Parysa | Dec 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
~ By Parysa Mostajir ~ When scholars discuss the pragmatist theory of democracy, Jane Addams is not usually the first name to arise. More often, writers turn to the works of her close friend and intellectual kindred, John Dewey, such as his 1916 work, Democracy and...
by jtedeschi | Dec 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
~ By Jadwiga Tedeschi ~ Simone De Beauvoir famously said: “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.” For a friend of hers, often unnamed, sometimes effaced, the challenges she faced in becoming a woman spurred her to challenge socialist theory and practice as her...
by danielyue | Dec 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
~ By Daniel Yue (Jiayuan Yue) ~ Elizabeth Anscombe was a 20th-century philosopher best known for her work on intention and action theory. Her famous book in this field, Intention, was viewed by Donald Davidson as the most important work on action theory after...
