Introduction : empowerment and interconnectivity -- Wheeler and Thompson : the appeal and the problem of empowerment -- Catharine Beecher and writing philosophy for women -- Frances Wright : interconnectivity and synthesis -- Tea and sympathy with John Stuart Mill -- Conclusion and next steps
Summary
This book examines the work of three nineteenth-century utilitarian feminist philosophers: Catharine Beecher, Frances Wright, and Anna Doyle Wheeler. The author focuses on methodological questions in order to recover their philosophy and to categorize it as feminist. -- Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-207) and index
