Bloomsbury Women Philosophers Vol II - Nineteenth-Century History

Explore the intellectual history of the first twenty women to earn a PhD in philosophy in the United States. This volume by Bloomsbury Academic traces the career development and influence of these early scholars on American intellectual life during the nineteenth century. Editor Dorothy Rogers provides detailed case studies of influential figures such as Eliza Ritchie, Marietta Kies, Julia Gulliver, Anna Alice Cutler, and Eliza Sunderland. The text examines the specific factors that drove these women to pursue academic philosophy careers and evaluates the ideas they developed. This book offers a deep look at the impact these women had on the academic and social worlds they inhabited. It is an essential resource for readers interested in women in history and the development of American philosophical thought.