CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue of WOMEN AND POLITICS
Feminist Standpoint Theories
Following the successful APSA panel entitled "The Feminist
Standpoint Ten Years Later: Roundtable on Nancy Hartsock's Money,
Sex, and Power," WOMEN AND POLITICS calls for papers for a
special issue on feminist standpoint theories and feminist
epistemology. We seek manuscripts directed at an
interdisciplinary feminist theory audience that draw on, respond
to, or critique Nancy Hartsock's work. We are particularly
interested in manuscripts that explore the multicultural
dimensions of such theories and that recommend the direction
feminist theory should take. Manuscripts should be no more than
20-25 pages in length. The deadline is April 1, 1996 (please
note new deadline). Special issue editor: Sally J. Kenney,
Associate Professor, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs,
University of Minnesota, (612) 625-3409, email:
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Dr. Janet Clark, Editor
WOMEN AND POLITICS
Department of Political Science
West Georgia College
Carrollton, Georgia 30118
Submitted by Amy Lynch, Research Assistant
on behalf of Sally J. Kenney, Associate Professor
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
University of Minnesota
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>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Oct 31 10:41:39 1995
From: "Kirstin Dow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 12:41:32 -0500
In-Reply-To: mary hallock morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"female environmental heros?" (Oct 29, 9:17pm)
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: female environmental heros?
interesting question. I can think of a number of women in the environmental
justice movement, Cora Tucker, Penny Newman, Kay Kiker, and other women who
began as interested local people and have become national leaders.
I was also wondering how far back you are willing to look? Gottlieb's "Forcing
the Spring" Island Press 1993 has a good section on Alice Hamilton, a pioneer]
inthe environmental/industrial health area and a member of the Progressive
Movement. Ellen Swallow was a pioneer in the field of ecology and the first
woman professor at MIT.
Thank you for asking about this, it is an interesting discussion for this list.
My first reaction to your questions about why these women are heros was their
courage in seeking answers and their goals of improving people's lives.
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Oct 31 10:41:41 1995
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 11:41:26 -0600 (CST)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ecofem heroes
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oh, my, where to start? :) Judi Bari, is as good a place as any. I don't
know what she's been up to the last few years, but she combines Earth First!
activism with a history of labor activism, and has had some success in
building bridges between working-class loggers and the environmental movement
in the Pacific Northwest. She's also _not_ an Earth First!er in the Dave
Foreman tradition. I have some references from my diss I could pass on if
you're interested.
Then there's Alice Walker. Take a look at her _Living by the Word_, a collec-
tion of her essays and journal entries. Wise woman.
More of a problem to me (and also a literary hero; don't know if that's what
you're looking for) is Annie Dillard, whose _Pilgrim at Tinker Creek_ is mabe
the most beautifully written book I've ever read. I have a whole essay on this,
but the short version is that _Pilgrim_ contains a message radically at odds
with the Western/Colonial/Consumerist human-centered ways of living, yet she
claims no environmentalist position and even goes so far as to say that her
books have no commitment to any politics. So while I admire the beauty of her
language and the message it contains, I get very frustrated with her claim to
neutrality. I mean, it's certainly simpler to love Rachel!!
So tell more about the project you have in mind for all this. Sounds cool.
Sara
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Oct 31 15:45:38 1995
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 95 18:45:00 PST
From: mary hallock morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: environmental heroines
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all--
First I want to say thank for the overwhelming response that my initial post received.
It sure brought to mind a
lot of people I hadn't really thought of. I never thought of looking at "local"
heroines or at myself -- I can hardly
call myself a "heroine" -- but these were great responses. It has given me much to
ponder. I can put them all in
a message and post them to the board if ya'll are interested.
Someone asked what my project was so I'll give you a little idea. See, I have to turn
in a thesis proposal paper
with three different ideas -- well-thought out ideas. I have three -- one is on
bioregional implications in
sustainable agriculture education; one is a bioregional analysis of wetland
restoration and education; and one is a
curriculum based around modern environmental heroines.
The reason for the third comes from the fact that when I first became interested in
natural history, the
environmental movement, etc. I could only find readings by men. Rachel Carson, Dian
Fossey, and Terry
Tempest Williams were all on my shelf, but the # of men to women was disproportionate.
Again it was like high
school and college history where only men are recognized, if you understand what I
mean? I felt very *alone*
in my want -- indeed, my need -- to do something to help us out of this situation we
are all in.
So, keep the suggestions coming my way -- and if you have any suggestions on my other
two topics let me know.
I am afraid that I might be ostracized if I did either of the others where I live.
This is a very rural area with
farmers who think environmentalists are a boil on the b*** of humanity (and that's a
nice way of saying what
they would say!)
Peace,
Mary
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Name: mary hallock morris
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mary hallock morris)
Date: 10/31/95
Time: 18:45:01
Check out my WEB page at http://www.bright.net/~mtmorris/index.html
Grad Student at The McGregor School of Antioch University
Yellow Springs, Ohio
Majoring in: Community and Environmental Education
"...In Nature, Nothing Exists Alone" -- Rachel Carson
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