Mary Lyndon Shanley

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Mary Lyndon Shanley
Born 1944
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 at a time when the debate in the United States was at its height in 2004.[2] She has been a central thinker in the idea of the "ethic of care" in US political science.[3]

Education

Dr. Shanley received her B.A. from Wellesley College and her Masters and Doctoral degrees in political science from Harvard University.

Career

She is currently 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

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References

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