Mary Lyndon Shanley
Mary Lyndon Shanley | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Vassar College |
| Main interests | Feminist legal scholar |
Mary Lyndon Shanley (born 1944)[1] is a feminist legal scholar specializing in issues of the American family and reproductive technologies. Her book Just Marriage weighed into the controversy around gay marriage with a historical and political science perspective.[2] She has written on the idea of the "ethic of care" in US political science.[3]
Education
[edit]Shanley received her B.A. from Wellesley College and her Masters and Doctoral degrees in political science from Harvard University.
Career
[edit]She is the Margaret Stiles Halleck Professor of Political Science at Vassar College and lives in Poughkeepsie, NY where she also teaches a writing course to women in the local jail.[4]
Books
[edit]- Shanley, Mary Lyndon (1989). Feminism, marriage and the law in Victorian England. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691078199.
- Shanley, Mary Lyndon; Pateman, Carole (1991). Feminist interpretations and political theory. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271007427.
- Shanley, Mary Lyndon (2001). Making babies, making families: What matters most in an age of reproductive technologies, surrogacy, adoption, and same-sex and unwed parents. Beacon.
- Shanley, Mary Lyndon; Young, Iris Marion; Neill, Daniel (2008). Illusion of consent engaging with Carole Pateman. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271035918.
- Shanley, Mary Lyndon; Cohen, Joshua; Chasman, Deborah (2004). Just marriage. Oxford UK New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195176261.
References
[edit]- ^ "Shanley, Mary Lyndon, 1944-". Library of Congress. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ Shanley, Mary Lyndon (1 June 2003). "Just marriage". Boston Review. Boston Review.
- ^ Shanley, Mary Lyndon (August 2001). "Public policy and the ethics of care". Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. 16 (3): 157–160. doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.2001.tb00932.x. S2CID 144765779.
- ^ "Faculty: Mary L. Shanley". Political Science Department, Vassar College. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
