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The Philosophy of Halfness and the Philosophy of Duality: Julia Ward Howe and Ednah Dow Cheney

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Abstract

Julia Ward (1819–1910) and Ednah Dow littlehale (1824–1904), lifelong friends, wrote and lectured on many of the same issues, traveled across the country to lend support to causes, and taught together at the Concord School of Philosophy. Despite their close association and mutual efforts on similar issues, I argue that their philosophical principles were essentially different, in particular their approaches to an understanding of God, society, the sexes, art, and science.

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