Ann Ferguson Explained

Ann Ferguson
Birth Date:	6 March 1938
Education:	BA, 1959, Swarthmore College PhD, 1965, Brown University
Thesis Title:	Some philosophical problems concerning action and desire.
Thesis Year:	1965
Main Interests:	Feminist theory
Institutions:	University of Massachusetts Amherst

Ann Ferguson (born 6 March 1938),^[1] is an American philosopher, and Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Women's Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She served as Amherst's director of women's studies from 1995 to 2001. She is known for her work on feminist theory.

Career

After earning her PhD from Brown University, Ferguson joined the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as a lecturer.^[2] In 1967, Ferguson began to help her students access then-illegal abortions.^[3] By 1995, she was appointed Director of Women's Studies for a three-year term.^[2]

She established the Ann Ferguson Women and Gender Studies Scholarship in 2007 before retiring.^[4]

Selected books

Book: Ferguson, Ann . none . Blood at the root: motherhood, sexuality and male dominance . registration . Pandora . London . 1989 . 9780044404453 .
Book: Ferguson, Ann . none . Sexual democracy: women, oppression, and revolution . Westview Press . Boulder, Colorado . 1991 . 9780813307473 . registration .
Book: none . Ferguson . Ann . Bar On . Bat-Ami . Daring to be good: essays in feminist ethico-politics . Routledge . New York . 1998 . 9780415915540 . registration .
Book: none . Ferguson . Ann . Nagel . Mechthild . Dancing with Iris the philosophy of Iris Marion Young . Oxford University Press . Oxford New York . 2009 . 9780195389111 .
Book: none . Ferguson . Ann . Jónasdóttir . Anna G . Anna G. Jónasdóttír . Love: a question for feminism in the twenty-first century . Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality . New York . 2014 . 9780415704298 .

External links

Profile: Ann Ferguson GEXcel:Gendering EXcellence - Centre of Gender Excellence

Notes and References

Web site: Ferguson, Ann. Library of Congress. 5 June 2014. Sources - found: Daring to be good, 1998: CIP t.p. (Ann Ferguson) data sheet (b. 03-06-1938).
Web site: Ferguson, Ann . scua.library.umass.edu . December 14, 2019.
Book: Love . Barbara J. . Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975 . September 22, 2006 . University of Illinois Press . 9780252097478 . 144 . registration . December 14, 2019.
Web site: FROM THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR . umass.edu . December 14, 2019 . 2007.