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Singing in the fire : tales of women in philosophy / edited by Linda Martin Alcoff.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women philosophers.
- Physical Description:
- x, 171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]
- Summary:
- This is a unique, groundbreaking collection of autobiographical essays by leading women in philosophy. It provides a glimpse at the experiences of the generation that witnessed, and helped create, the remarkable advances now evident for women in the field.
- Contents:
- A life sentence in Bohemia / Sandra Lee Bartky
- My open agenda, or how not to make the right career moves / Teresa Brennan
- Finding my voice / Claudia Card
- Taking oneself seriously, but not too / Virginia Held
- Freethinking? / Alison M. Jaggar
- Etc. / Stephanie R. Lewis
- What's a brown girl like you doing in an ivory tower? / Uma Narayan
- "Don't smile too much" / Martha C. Nussbaum
- At the feet of Mrs. Ramsay / Andrea Nye
- Philosophy and life / Ofelia Schutte
- Autobiography of a whistle-blower / Kristin Shrader-Frechette
- Getting here from there / Karen J. Warren.
- ISBN:
- 0742513823
- 0742513831
- OCLC:
- 51655334
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