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Mary Daly

American theologian, philosopher, and ethicist
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Born:
Oct. 16, 1928, Schenectady, N.Y., U.S.
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Jan. 3, 2010, Gardner, Mass. (aged 81)
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Mary Daly (born Oct. 16, 1928, Schenectady, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 3, 2010, Gardner, Mass.) was an American theologian, philosopher, and ethicist who pioneered radical feminist theology. Daly was born into a Roman Catholic family. After earning a Ph.D. in religion from St. Mary’s College (1953), she studied medieval philosophy and Thomist theology at the University of Fribourg, Switz., receiving doctorates in theology and philosophy. She joined the theology faculty at Boston College, a Catholic institution run by the Jesuit order, in 1967. She had several clashes with the school’s administration over her policy of barring male students from her classrooms, ...(100 of 311 words)

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