Table Of ContentWomen’s International Thought: A New History
Women’s International Thought: A New History is the first cross-
disciplinaryhistoryofwomen’sinternationalthought.Bringingtogether
some of the foremost historians and scholars of international relations
workingtoday,thisbookrecoversandanalyzesthepath-breakingwork
of eighteen leading thinkers of international politics from the early to
mid-twentiethcentury.Recoveringandanalyzingthisimportantwork,
theessaysofferrevisionistaccountsofIR’sintellectualanddisciplinary
historyandexpandthelocations,genres,andpracticesofinternational
thinking.Systematicallystructured,andfocusinginparticularonBlack
diasporic, Anglo-American, and European historical women, it does
more than “add women” to the existing intellectual and disciplinary
histories from which they were erased. Instead, it raises fundamental
questions about which kinds of subjects and what kind of thinking
constitutes international thought, opening new vistas to scholars and
students of international history and theory, intellectual history and
women’sandgenderstudies.
patricia owens isProfessorofInternationalRelationsandFellowof
Somerville College at the University of Oxford. Her previous publica-
tionsincludeEconomyofForce(2015),winnerofBISA’sSusanStrange
Prize,BetweenWarandPolitics(2007)andco-editorofTheGlobalization
ofWorldPolitics(2020).SheisaformerfellowoftheRadcliffeInstitute
forAdvancedStudyandProctorFellowatPrincetonUniversity.
katharina rietzler isLecturerinAmericanHistoryattheUniver-
sityofSussex.SheiscurrentlycompletingabookonAmericanphilan-
thropy, International Relations and the problem of the public,
1913–1954.HerworkhasappearedinjournalssuchasModernIntellec-
tualHistory,DiplomaticHistory,andtheJournalofGlobalHistory.Sheisa
former Mellon Fellow in American History at the University of
Cambridge.
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Contents
Listof Illustrations page vii
Listof Contributors viii
Prefaceand Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Toward aHistory of Women’s International
Thought 1
patricia owens and katharina rietzler
Part I. CanonicalThinkers
1. Anna Julia Cooperon Slavery’sAfterlife:CanInternational
Thought “Hear” Her “Muffled” Voiceand Ideas? 29
vivian m. may
2. RevolutionaryThinking: Luxemburg’sSocialist International
Theory 52
kimberly hutchings
3. Of Colonialism and Corpses: SimoneWeil on Force 72
helen m. kinsella
4. Ideas in Action:Eslanda Robeson’s International Thought
after 1945 93
imaobong d. umoren
Part II. Outsiders
5. Elizabeth Lippincott McQueen: Thinking International
Peacein an Air-Minded Age 115
tamson pietsch
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6. Women oftheTwentyYears’Crisis: The Women’s
International League for Peace and Freedom and the
Problem ofCollective Security 136
lucian m. ashworth
7. Theorizing (with) Amy AshwoodGarvey 158
robbie shilliam
8. “TheDark Skin[ned] People ofthe Eastern World”:
Mittie Maude Lena Gordon’s Vision ofAfro-Asian Solidarity 179
keisha n. blain
9. Elizabeth Wiskemann,Scholar-Journalist, and the Study of
International Relations 198
geoffrey field
PartIII. Thinking in or around theAcademy
10. From F.MelianStawell toE. GreeneBalch: International
and Internationalist Thinking at the Gender Margins,
1919–1947 223
glenda sluga
11. Race, Gender, Empire,and War in the International
Thought ofEmily Greene Balch 244
catia c. confortini
12. Beyond Illusions: Imperialism,Race, and Technology
in Merze Tate’s International Thought 266
barbara d. savage
13. A Plan for Plenty: The International Thought ofBarbara
Wootton 286
or rosenboim
14. Collective Security for CommonMen and Women:
VeraMicheles Dean and US Foreign Relations 306
andrew jewett
15. What Can We (She) Knowabout Sovereignty? Krystyna
Marekand the Worldedness ofInternational Law 327
natasha wheatley
Index 345
List of Illustrations
1.1 Anna Julia Cooper, Oberlin College classof1884.
Courtesy of the Oberlin College Archives. page 34
5.1 Elizabeth McQueen (withDickthe parrot). Courtesy
ofUniversity of Southern California, on behalfofthe USC
Libraries Special Collections. 122
6.1 VeraBrittainat University.CourtesyofMcMaster
University/VeraBrittainEstate. 142
6.2 Mary Agnes Hamilton. Publicdomain. 143
6.3 Helena Swanwick in 1909. Courtesy ofthe LSE Women’s
Library. 151
9.1 Elizabeth Wiskemann duringWorld War II. Courtesy
ofJulianBrigstocke. 206
10.1 F. MelianStawell. Courtesy ofNewnham College,
Cambridge. 225
11.1 Emily GreeneBalch. Courtesy ofWellesley College. 259
12.1 Merze Tate. CourtesyofWesternMichigan University
Archives and RegionalHistory Collections. 270
14.1 VeraMicheles Dean (portraitby Barbara Sutro).
Courtesy ofthe Schlesinger Library, RadcliffeInstitute,
Harvard University. 323
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Contributors
lucian m. ashworth is a Professor in the Department of Political
Scienceat the Memorial University of Newfoundland
keishan.blainisanAssociateProfessorofHistoryattheUniversityof
Pittsburgh
catia c. confortini is Associate Professor and Co-Director of the
Peaceand JusticeStudies Program at Wellesley College
geoffrey field is Emeritus Professor of History at Purchase College,
StateUniversityofNewYork,wherehewasDorisandKarlKempner
Distinguished Professor
kimberly hutchings is Professor of Politics and International Rela-
tions at Queen Mary University ofLondon
andrew jewett is a Visiting Associate Professor of History at Boston
College
helen m. kinsella isanAssociateProfessorofPoliticalScienceatthe
University ofMinnesota
vivian m. may is Director of the Humanities Center and Professor of
Women’s and GenderStudies at Syracuse University
patricia owens is Professor of International Relations and Fellow of
Somerville College at the University of Oxford
tamson pietsch is Associate Professor and Director of the Australian
Centre for Public History at the University ofTechnology Sydney
katharina rietzler is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the History
Department at the University of Sussex
or rosenboim isaLecturer(AssistantProfessor)inModernHistoryat
City University ofLondon
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