Mary Daly Quotes


There are and will be those who think I have gone overboard. Let them rest assured that this assessment is correct, probably beyond their wildest imagination, and that I will continue to do so.


Citations

Daly, Mary. Pure Lust: Elemental Feminist Philosophy. Beacon Press, 1984, p. xii.

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Mary Daly
Mary Daly
  • Born: October 16, 1928
  • Died: January 3, 2010
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Theologian

Mary Daly was an American radical feminist philosopher, academic, and theologian. Daly, who described herself as a "radical lesbian feminist", taught at the Jesuit-run Boston College for 33 years. Daly retired in 1999, after violating university policy by refusing to allow male students in her advanced women's studies classes. She allowed male students in her introductory class and privately tutored those who wanted to take advanced classes.