This is a list of feminist philosophers, that is, people who theorize about gender issues and female perspectives in different areas of philosophy.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Contents
A
- Carol Adams
- Jane Addams
- Alicia Gaspar de Alba
- Linda Martín Alcoff
- Alia Al-Saji
- Amy Allen
- Elizabeth Anderson
- Pamela Sue Anderson
- Gloria E. Anzaldúa
- Hannah Arendt
- Mary Astell
B
- Sandra Bartky
- Nancy Bauer
- Simone de Beauvoir
- Seyla Benhabib
- Peg Birmingham
- Susan Bordo
- Chiara Bottici
- Rosi Braidotti
- Samantha Brennan
- Wendy Brown
- Susan Brownmiller
- Judith Butler
C
- Joan Callahan
- Adriana Cavarero
- Margaret Cavendish
- Claudia Card
- Ruth Chang
- Nancy Chodorow
- Hélène Cixous
- Lorraine Code
- Patricia Hill Collins
- Drucilla Cornell
- Alice Crary
- Ann Cudd
- Chris Cuomo
- Jean Curthoys
D
E
F
- Anne Fausto-Sterling
- Carla Fehr
- Shulamith Firestone
- Nancy Fraser
- Miranda Fricker
- Betty Friedan
- Marilyn Friedman
- Marilyn Frye
G
- Ann Garry
- Ivone Gebara
- Carol Gilligan
- Kathryn Gines
- Emma Goldman
- Olympe de Gouges
- Germaine Greer
- Lisa Guenther
H
- Donna Haraway
- Sandra Harding
- Nancy Hartsock
- Sally Haslanger
- Virginia Held
- Cressida Heyes
- Nancy Holland
- Bonnie Honig
- Gillian Howie
- bell hooks
- Hypatia
I
J
K
L
- Rae Helen Langton
- Hilde Lindemann
- Michèle Le Dœuff
- Genevieve Lloyd
- Helen Longino
- Judith Lorber
- Audre Lorde
M
- Catharine Macaulay
- Catharine MacKinnon
- Noëlle McAfee
- Mary Kate McGowan
- Peggy McIntosh
- Diana Tietjens Meyers
- Harriet Taylor Mill
- Kate Millett
- Trinh T. Minh-ha
- Cherríe Moraga
- Chantal Mouffe
- Judith Sargent Murray
N
O
P
R
S
- Jennifer Saul
- Naomi Scheman
- Sally Scholz
- Ofelia Schutte
- Vandana Shiva
- Dorothy Smith
- Holly Martin Smith
- Nancy Snow
- Miriam Solomon
- Elizabeth V. Spelman
- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
- Alison Stone
- Shannon Sullivan
- Anita Superson
- Susanne Sreedhar
T
W
- Margaret Urban Walker
- Georgia Warnke
- Anna Wheeler
- Cynthia Willett
- Charlotte Witt
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Frances Wright
- Alison Wylie
- Monique Wittig
Y
Z
References
- ^ Clifford, Becky (8 March 2021). "How women have shaped philosophy: nine female philosophers our authors admire". OUPblog.
- ^ Velez, Emma (26 May 2022). "Latina/o/x Feminist Philosophers". Latino Studies. doi:10.1093/obo/9780199913701-0270. ISBN 978-0-19-991370-1. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ Mason, Elinor (2016). "Feminist philosophy". Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. doi:10.4324/0123456789-DD3598-1. ISBN 978-0-415-25069-6. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ McAfee, Noëlle (28 June 2018). "Feminist Philosophy". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- Miller, Marjorie C. (1995). "Review of American Women Philosophers, 1650-1930: Six Exemplary Thinkers". Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. 31 (4): 927. ISSN 0009-1774. JSTOR 40320581.
Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820), is indeed a feminist philosopher who deserves to be ranked with others of her era
- Miller, Marjorie C. (1995). "Review of American Women Philosophers, 1650-1930: Six Exemplary Thinkers". Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. 31 (4): 930. ISSN 0009-1774. JSTOR 40320581.
's spirited rhetoric, stirring visions of community, equality, and inquiry, and her profound sense that feminism demands the recognition of all persons as equally capable of improvement make her a superb addition to the list of feminist philosophers.