Women Philosophers Volume IEducation and Activism in Nineteenth-Century America

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. <br/> <br/> 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.