Tiffany K Wayne, PhD

This book explores the theoretical relationship between feminism and transcendentalism through the ideas and activism of prominent 19th century female thinkers and activists. -- Praise for Woman Thinking: Feminism and Transcendentalism in 19th-Century America (2004): Tiffany K. Wayne's ambitious and original new study, Woman Thinking, is a fascinating and important book, which succeeds in providing compelling new interpretations of two of the major phenomena of America in the antebellum years, the Transcendental circle and the women's rights movement. Brava for a thoroughly researched, powerfully argued and exceedingly well written piece of scholarship. This book should have a major impact on both literary and historical studies of nineteenth century America and beyond... — Ellen Carol DuBois, Professor Emeritus, UCLA Writing against the grain of received knowledge both of Transcendentalism and feminism, Tiffany Wayne convincingly links these two great movements into a coherent and forceful re-evaluation of both politics and ideology in the nineteenth-century. This is an important contribution that is thoughtful and elegantly written.... — Edith Gelles, senior scholar, Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University