America's First Women Philosophers: Transplanting Hegel, 1860-1925 / Edition 1

by Dorothy G. Rogers

Overview

The American idealist movement started in St. Louis, Missouri in 1858, becoming more influential as women joined and influenced its development. Susan Elizabeth Blow was well known as an educator and pedagogical theorist who founded the first public kindergarten program in America (1873-1884). Anna C. Brackett was a feminist and pedagogical theorist and the first female principal of a secondary school (St. Louis Normal School, 1863-72). Grace C. Bibb was a feminist literary critic and the first female dean at the University of Missouri, Columbia (1878-84). American idealism took on a new form in the 1880s with the founding of the Concord School of Philosophy in Massachusetts. Ellen M. Mitchell participated in the movement in both St. Louis and Concord. She was one of the first women to teach philosophy at a co-educational college (University of Denver, 1890-92). Lucia Ames Mead, Marietta Kies, and Eliza Sunderland joined the movement in Concord. Lucia Ames Mead became a chief pacifist theorist in the early twentieth century. Kies and Sunderland were among the first women to earn the Ph.D. in philosophy (University of Michigan, 1891, 1892). Kies wrote on political altruism and shared with Mitchell the distinction of teaching at a coeducational institution (Butler College, 1896-99). These were the first American women as a group to plunge into philosophy proper, bridging those years between the amateur, paraprofessional and professional academic philosopher. Dorothy Rogers's new book at last gives them the attention they deserve.



America's First Women Philosophers is indexed in H.W. Wilson's Essay and General Literature Index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826474759
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/16/2005
Series:	Continuum Studies in American Philosophy , #18
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Dorothy G. Rogers is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion at Montclair State University, USA, teaching interdisciplinary courses on women, religion, ethics, and political thought.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Origins of American Idealism 2. Susan Blow: Pedagogical Theorist 3. Anna Brackett: Feminist Pedagogy 4. Paraprofessional Philosophy, Stage I: Grace Bibb, Ellen Mitchell, and the Concord School
5. Paraprofessional Philosophy, Stage II: Eliza Sunderland and Lucia Ames Mead
6. Marietta Kies: Altruism in the Public Realm Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

'[T]he first book to deal collectively with these thinkers and activists'.

'[A]n important treatment of a neglected group of thinkers by a scholar who has already done so much to draw attention to gender in the history of philosophy. America's First Women Philosphers will be a necessary point of reference for those wishing to understand better the intellectual, social and political climates of American philosophy during a critical period of development.' --Sanford Lakoff "British Journal For The History Of Philosophy "

"This book is indexed in Essay and General Literature Index, which is widely known and respected in the library community."--Sanford Lakoff

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