Crossing Boundaries

Preface Part 1. Women and the sciences Introduction Marie de Lepervanche 1. Feminism and science E.A. Grosz and Marie de Lepervanche 2. Mathematics: a barrier for women? Mary Barnes 3. Biology, the popular weapon: sex differences in cognitive function Lesly Rogers Part 2: Women and the humanities Introduction E.A. Grosz 4. Towards a feminist philosophy of the body Moira Gatens 5. Polyandry, 'pollution', 'prostitution'. The problems of eurocentrism and androcentrism in Polynesian studies Caroline Ralston 6. Feminist readings: the case of Christina Stead Susan Sheridan 7. The in(ter)vention of feminist knowledges E.A. Grosz Part 3: Women in Australia Introduction Marie de Lepervanche 8. The feminisation of poverty Bettina Cass 9. Equal pay, a family wage, or both? Ann Curthoys Part 4: Feminisms, feminist and forgotten women Introduction Barbara Caine 10. Pre--World War I socialist feminism in Germany: homo economicus Carole E. Adams 11. Rose Scott's vision: feminism and masculinity, 1880-1925 Judith Allen 12. Millicent Garrett Fawcett: a Victorian liberal feminist? Barbara Caine 13. Aileen Palmer's second coming of age Judith Keene