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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784960903321

Autore

Rogers Dorothy G

Titolo

America's first women philosophers [[electronic resource] ] : transplanting Hegel, 1860-1925 / / Dorothy G. Rogers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2005

ISBN

1-281-29440-3

9786611294403

1-84714-300-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

Continuum studies in American philosophy

Disciplina

191

Soggetti

Women philosophers - United States - History

Idealism, American

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-170) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The legacy of American idealism; 2 Susan Blow: philosophy in education; 3 Anna Brackett: feminist philosopher-educator; 4 Paraprofessional philosophy stage I: Grace Bibb, Ellen Mitchell, and the Concord School of Philosophy; 5 Paraprofessional philosophy stage II: Eliza Read Sunderland and Lucia Ames Mead; 6 Marietta Kies: private virtue in public life; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first book about the women of the early American Idealist movement in philosophy. The movement started in St. Louis, Missouri in 1858, becoming more influential as women joined and influenced its development. Many of these women were pioneers in feminist thought, in the expansion of education, and of the woman's role in it as teachers and scholars. Chief among them were Susan E. Blow, Anna C. Brackett, Grace C. Bibb, Ellen M. Mitchell, and Marietta Kies. This book devotes a chapter to the life, practical work, and philosophical ideas of each of them. These were the first American w