Women Philosophers Volume II : Entering Academia in Nineteenth-Century America

Tackling the intellectual histories of the first twenty women to earn a PhD in philosophy in the United States, this book traces their career development and influence on American intellectual life. The case studies include Eliza Ritchie, Marietta Kies, Julia Gulliver, Anna Alice Cutler, Eliza Sunderland, and many more. Editor Dorothy Rogers looks at the factors that led these women to pursue careers in academic philosophy, examines the ideas they developed, and evaluates the impact they had on the academic and social worlds they inhabited. Many of these women were active in professional academic circles, published in academic journals, and contributed to important philosophical discussions of the day: the question of free will, the nature of God in relation to self, and how to establish a just society. The most successful women earned their degrees at women-friendly institutions, yet a handful of them achieved professional distinction at institutions that refused to recognize their achievements at the time; John Hopkins and Harvard are notable examples. The women who did not develop careers in academic philosophy often moved to careers in social welfare or education. Thus, whilst looking at the academic success of some, this book also examines the policies and practices that made it difficult or impossible for others to succeed. Vol. 1: 9781350070592 1. Introduction: The Development of Academic Philosophy in America and Women's Place in It a) From Philosophizing in the Parlor to Professionalizing Philosophy b) The Move from Transcendentalism to Neo-Hegelianism to Academic Philosophy c) Clusters of Success: Cornell and Michigan as Models for Women's Achievement d) Solo Acts: Women Who Succeeded Without Support Structures e) Admission and Success: Talented Women at Yale Who Did Not Soar f) Women Who Left Academia -- 2. Women at Cornell - The Value of Institutional Support and Strong Mentoring a) May Preston Slosson: Professor Turned Prison Chaplain (Hastings College) b) Eliza Ritchie: Scholarly Debate and Personal Professional Priorities (Dalhousie University) c) Ellen Bliss Talbot: Academic Philosopher and Powerhouse (Mt. Holyoke College) d) Grace Neal Dolson: From Professor to Nun (Wells College) e) Vida Frank Moore: an Academic Philosopher (Elmira College) -- 3. Women at Michigan - How and Why Mentors Mattered a) Marietta Kies: Political Philosopher and Professor (Mt. Holyoke, Colorado College, Mills, Butler) b) Caroline Miles Hill: From Philosophy to Social Work to Marriage and Family c) Eliza Sunderland: Excluded, but not Dissuaded - Philosophical Thought Outside the Academy -- 4. Overcoming the Odds - Women Who Achieved Despite Roadblocks a) Christine Ladd-Franklin (Johns Hopkins PhD): Excellence Speaks for Itself b) Mary Whiton Calkins (Harvard PhD): The Power of Mentoring for Another Philosopher c) Ethel Dench Puffer Howes (Harvard PhD): A Truncated Academic Career d) Julia Gulliver (Wooster PhD): Contributions to Academic, Social and Political Discourse e) Amy Elizabeth Tanner (Chicago PhD): From Philosophy to Psychology -- 5. The Curious Case of Women at Yale - Prestige Without Support Yields Success, but Not Scholarship a) Anna Alice Cutler (Smith College) b) Blanche Zehring (Wells College) c) Clara Maria Hitchcock (Lake Erie College) -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Tackling the intellectual histories of the first twenty women to earn a PhD in philosophy in the United States, this book traces their career development and influence on American intellectual life. The case studies include Eliza Ritchie, Marietta Kies, Julia Gulliver, Anna Alice Cutler, Eliza Sunderland, and many more. Author Dorothy Rogers looks at the factors that led these women to pursue careers in academic philosophy, examines the ideas they developed, and evaluates the impact they had on the academic and social worlds they inhabited. Many of these women were active in professional academic circles, published in academic journals, and contributed to important philosophical discussions of the day: the question of free will, the nature of God in relation to self, and how to establish a just society. The most successful women earned their degrees at women-friendly institutions, yet a handful of them achieved professional distinction at institutions that refused to recognize their achievements at the time; John Hopkins and Harvard are notable examples. The women who did not develop careers in academic philosophy often moved to careers in social welfare or education. Thus, whilst looking at the academic success of some, this book also examines the policies and practices that made it difficult or impossible for others to succeed. "Meaning, believing, thinking, understanding, reasoning, calculating, learning, remembering, intending, expecting, loving, longing: these experiences are, according to Wittgenstein, embodied actions. In Certainty in Action, Danièle Moyal-Sharrock argues that there is hardly anything traditionally thought to be a mental process or state, that, in fact, Ludwig Wittgenstein has not shown to be primarily embodied or enacted. The book traces the radical, diverse and recurrent importance of action and 'ways of acting' as the original and cohesive thread weaving through all of Wittgenstein's philosophy, especially language and memory. Moyal-Sharrock highlights throughout Wittgenstein's clarification of 'the inner' and his belief in the certainty of action. With Wittgenstein's philosophy increasingly influencing multiple branches of psychology, particularly those concerned with child development, language acquisition and memory, Certainty in Action is essential reading for students and researchers interested in the philosophy underpinning these areas, as well as Wittgenstein specialists"-- Provided by publisher Illuminating a significant moment in the development of both American and feminist philosophical history, this study explores the experience and work of the women of the early American idealist movement. Beginning in St. Louis, Missouri in 1858, it became more influential as women joined and contributed to its development. Many of these women were pioneers in education and were expanding women's role in it as teachers and scholars. Some were also ardent feminists. Chief among them were Susan E. Blow, Anna C. Brackett, Grace C. Bibb, Ellen M. Mitchell, Lucia Ames Mead, Caroline E. Sherman, and May Wright Sewall. Providing new insights into the work of the core group of women thinkers, this volume includes new information about women who became associated with the movement as it expanded and developed offshoots in other parts of the nation. This includes the origins of the philosophical-idealist roots of their pacifist thought and activism, apparent in their writings and speeches, and the neo-Hegelian movement "This book traces the career development and influence on American intellectual life of the first twenty women to earn a PhD in philosophy in the United States. Rogers explores the factors that led these women to pursue careers in academic philosophy, examines the ideas they developed, and evaluates the impact they had on the academic and social worlds they inhabited. This volume investigates not only the success stories of such women as Eliza Ritchie, Julia Gulliver, and Christine Ladd-Franklin, to name a few, but also the policies and practices that made it difficult or impossible for others to succeed"-- Provided by publisher Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgments About the Cover Chapter 1: Introduction: Women and Early Academic Philosophy in America Chapter 2: Institutional Strengthand Support: Women at Cornell Chapter 3: A Window of Opportunity: Women at Michigan Chapter 4: Beyond PhilosophyWomen at Chicago Chapter 5: Isolated in the Ivy League, Prestige without Support: Women at Harvard and Yale Chapter 6: Overcoming the Odds: Women on Their Ownat Johns Hopkins, Smith, Bern, and the Sorbonne Chapter 7: Conclusion Notes References Index