Penny A. Weiss

{{short description|Professor of women's and gender studies}}

Penny A. Weiss is professor at Saint Louis University known for her work on feminist issues.

Education and career

Weiss has a B.A. from the University of South Florida (1976), an M.A. (1979) and a Ph.D. (1987) from the University of Notre Dame. Starting in 1985 she was an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina, and in 1987 she moved to Purdue University where she remained until 2008. While at Purdue, Weiss spoke out about unequal treatment of women faculty at the university, and the challenges faced by female faculty at Purdue.{{Cite news |date=1988-11-13 |title=Female Purdue professors talk of bias there |pages=5 |work=The Courier-Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113577354/female-purdue-professors-talk-of-bias/ |access-date=2022-11-24}}{{Cite news |last=Schuckel |first=Kathy |date=1988-11-12 |title=Weak support, low salary figures irk women profs |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113577439/weak-support-low-salary-figures-irk-wom/],[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113577502/] |work=Journal and Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113577439/weak-support-low-salary-figures-irk/ |access-date=2022-11-24}} In 2008 she became a professor at Saint Louis University, where she was chair of the Department of Women's and Gender Studies from 2008 until 2012.{{Cite web |title=Penny Weiss, Ph.D. |url=https://www.slu.edu/arts-and-sciences/women-gender-studies/faculty/weiss-penny.php |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=www.slu.edu |language=en}}

Selected publications

  • {{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/949276358 |title=Feminist interpretations of Mary Astell |date=2016 |editor-first1=Alice|editor-last1= Sowaal|editor-first2=Penny A. |editor-last2=Weiss |isbn=978-0-271-07760-4 |location=University Park, Pennsylvania |oclc=949276358}}Reviews for Feminist interpretations of Mary Astell
  • {{Cite journal |last=Kujawa-Holbrook |first=Sheryl A. |date=2020 |title=Review of Feminist Interpretations of Mary Astell |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26973688 |journal=Anglican and Episcopal History |volume=89 |issue=4 |pages=468–470 |jstor=26973688 |issn=0896-8039}}
  • {{Cite news |last=Dussinger |first=John A.  |date=Spring 2019 |title=Feminist Interpretations of Mary Astell |volume=51 |pages=195–196 |work=The Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats; University Park |issue=2 |via=ProQuest}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Weiss |first=Penny A. |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1256437921 |title=Canon Fodder : Historical Women Political Thinkers |date=9 November 2015 |publisher=Penn State Press |isbn=978-0-271-06280-8 |oclc=1256437921}}Review of Canon Fodder
  • {{Cite journal |last=Locke |first=Jill |date=2010 |editor-last=Weiss |editor-first=Penny A. |title=FOREMOTHERS |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40961163 |journal=The Review of Politics |volume=72 |issue=4 |pages=755–758 |doi=10.1017/S003467051000077X |jstor=40961163 |issn=0034-6705}}
  • {{Cite journal |last1=Green |first1=Karen |last2=Department of Philosophy, Florida State University |date=2010 |title=Canon Fodder: Historical Women Political Thinkers |url=http://www.pdcnet.org/oom/service?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=&rft.imuse_id=soctheorpract_2010_0036_0002_0349_0355&svc_id=info:www.pdcnet.org/collection |journal=Social Theory and Practice |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=349–355 |doi=10.5840/soctheorpract201036217 |issn=0037-802X}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Weiss |first=Penny A. |url= |title=Gendered Community: Rousseau, Sex, and Politics |date=1993-10-01 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=978-0-8147-9491-3 |language=en}}Reviews for Gendered Community
  • {{Cite news |last=Wingrove |first=Elizabeth |date=1997 |title=Gendered Community: Rousseau, Sex, and Politics |volume=17 |pages=114–115 |work=Women & Politics; New York |issue=1 |via=ProQuest}}
  • {{Cite news |last=John |first=H.J. |date=April 1994 |title=Philosophy -- Gendered community: Rousseau, sex, and politics by Penny A. Weiss |volume=31 |pages=1310 |work=Choice; Middletown |issue=8 |via=ProQuest}}
  • {{Cite book |last1=Weiss |first1=Penny A. |url= |title=Feminism and Community |last2=Friedman |first2=Marilyn |date=1995 |publisher=Temple University Press |isbn=978-1-56639-277-8 |language=en}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Weiss |first=Penny A. |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1252063676 |title=Feminist reflections on childhood ahistory and a call to action |date=14 May 2021 |publisher=Temple University Press |isbn=978-1-4399-1868-5 |oclc=1252063676}}Reviews for Feminism and Community
  • {{Cite journal |last=Locke |first=Jill |date=2022 |title=Feminist Reflections on Childhood: A History and Call to Action. By Penny A. Weiss. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2021. 294p. $110.50 cloth, $34.95 paper. |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1537592721003467/type/journal_article |journal=Perspectives on Politics |language=en |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=310–312 |doi=10.1017/S1537592721003467 |s2cid=247379448 |issn=1537-5927}}

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