"The heritage of philosophy has deprived women one generation after another. The serious consequences are that not having known or read or digested women’s words along with those of Jonathan Edwards, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and John Dewey, no assimilation into the vocabulary of allusion has been allowed to take place, and unnecessary ignorance has been perpetuated. The loss in the silence of these mentors–who spoke so eloquently–is a loss forever to those generations already gone. The loss in the study of philosophy to the utilitarianism of Jeremy Bentham without Frances Wright, to American ethical theory without Anne Bradstreet, to American political theory without Judith Sargent Murray and Mercy Otis Warren, to aesthetics without Ednah Dow Cheney, to the ‘classical American’ philosophy of William James and Josiah Royce without Mary Whiton Calkins–is unredeemable for the past. But now, with this anthology and with works like it, the legacy of deprivation will come to an end."
–Therese Boos Dykeman, American Women Philosophers 1650-1930: Six Exemplary Thinkers (1993)
About Drew Dellinger
Drew Dellinger, Ph.D., is an internationally known speaker, poet, writer, and teacher whose keynotes and poetry performances—which address ecology, justice, cosmology, and connectedness—have inspired minds and hearts around the world. He is also a consultant, filmmaker, and founder of Planetize the Movement.
Dellinger has presented at over 1400 events across the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. He has spoken and performed at numerous conferences—including TEDWomen, Bioneers, the Green Festival, the Dream Reborn, and the Parliament of the World’s Religions—as well as colleges and universities, poetry venues, protests, and places of worship.
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