Anna Doyle Wheeler 1780 – 1848
Anna Doyle Wheeler (1780 – 1848) was an Irish philosopher of the Modern era, associated with Feminism and Political Philosophy.
Anna Doyle Wheeler was an Irish-born British socialist and feminist philosopher of the early nineteenth century, the principal philosophical collaborator of William Thompson and one of the founding figures of the British socialist-feminist tradition. The Appeal of One Half the Human Race, Women, Against the Pretensions of the Other Half, Men, of 1825, written by Thompson and based, by his own acknowledgment, on her ideas and arguments, mounted a sustained Owenite-utilitarian case for the political and economic equality of women, in conscious response to James Mill's Article on Government. Her work shaped the early British socialist movement and the long campaign for women's suffrage and economic independence.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Irish
- Era
- Modern
- Movements
- Feminism, Political Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Anna Doyle Wheeler:
“Until the means of subsistence are equal between the sexes, equality between them is a fiction.”
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Attributed to Anna Doyle Wheeler:
“The Appeal is on behalf of one half the human race against the pretensions of the other.”
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Attributed to Anna Doyle Wheeler:
“Owenite cooperation is the political form in which sexual equality may at last be lived.”
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Attributed to Anna Doyle Wheeler:
“What women suffer is not nature's fault but custom's, and custom may be remade.”
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Attributed to Anna Doyle Wheeler:
“Reason on the side of liberty is the most powerful of all instruments.”
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- When did Anna Doyle Wheeler live?
- Anna Doyle Wheeler was born in 1780 and died in 1848.
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- Anna Doyle Wheeler was an Irish philosopher of the Modern era.
- What philosophical movements is Anna Doyle Wheeler associated with?
- Anna Doyle Wheeler was associated with Feminism and Political Philosophy.
- What was Anna Doyle Wheeler known for?
- Anna Doyle Wheeler was an Irish-born British socialist and feminist philosopher of the early nineteenth century, the principal philosophical collaborator of William Thompson and one of the founding figures of the British socialist-feminist tradition.
- How many quotes are attributed to Anna Doyle Wheeler?
- There are 5 attributed quotations from Anna Doyle Wheeler in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.