Ann Ferguson (born 6 March 1938), is an American

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

, and

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of Philosophy and Women's Studies at the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, it ...

. She served as Amherst's director of women's studies from 1995 to 2001. She is known for her work on

feminist theory Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, fictional, or philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. It examines women's and men's social roles, experiences, interests, chores, and feminist ...

Career

Ann Ferguson, Sabine Plonz, Gabriele Winker, Sharzad Mojab

After earning her PhD from

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

, Ferguson joined the faculty at the

as a lecturer. In 1967, Ferguson began to help her students access then-illegal abortions. By 1995, she was appointed Director of Women's Studies for a three-year term. She established the Ann Ferguson Women and Gender Studies Scholarship in 2007 before retiring.

Selected books

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External links

Profile: Ann Ferguson
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