![Martha Nussbaum Martha Nussbaum](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/martha-nussbaum-1.jpg)
![Pema Chodron Pema Chodron](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/pema-chodron-1.jpg)
Pema Chodron is an American Tibetan Buddhist and an ordained nun. Born as Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in New York, she began studying with Tibetan Buddhist Lama Chime Rinpoche as a young woman. She eventually became a fully ordained nun or bhikṣuṇī. She is the author of several dozen books and audiobooks. She is the principal teacher at Gampo Abbey.
![Grace Lee Boggs Grace Lee Boggs](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/grace-lee-boggs-1.jpg)
![Mary Parker Follett Mary Parker Follett](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/mary-parker-follett-1.jpg)
![Mary Daly Mary Daly](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/mary-daly.jpg)
![Carol Gilligan Carol Gilligan](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/carol-gilligan-1.jpg)
Carol Gilligan is an American psychologist, ethicist, and feminist. She is renowned for her work on ethical relationships and ethical community. She also serves as a professor of Applied Psychology and Humanities at New York University. Considered the chief architect of the ethics of care, Gilligan was named in the 25 most influential people list by Time magazine in 1996.
![Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/anna-teresa-tymieniecka-1.jpg)
Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka was a Polish American phenomenologist and philosopher. She is credited with founding the World Phenomenology Institute (WPI) where she remained as the president until her death in 2014. Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka also contributed immensely to the popular book series Analecta Husserliana, serving as its editor since its inception in 1968.
![Judith Jarvis Thomson Judith Jarvis Thomson](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/judith-jarvis-thomson.jpg)
![Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/eve-kosofsky-sedgwick-1.jpg)
![Adrian Piper Adrian Piper](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/adrian-piper-1.jpg)
![Iris Marion Young Iris Marion Young](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/iris-marion-young-1.jpg)
![Patricia Hill Collins Patricia Hill Collins](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/patricia-hill-collins-19917-1.jpg)
![Susanne Langer Susanne Langer](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/susanne-langer-1.jpg)
![Nel Noddings Nel Noddings](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/nel-noddings-1.jpg)
![Seyla Benhabib Seyla Benhabib](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/seyla-benhabib-1.jpg)
![Julia Robinson Julia Robinson](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/julia-robinson-1.jpg)
![Ruth Barcan Marcus Ruth Barcan Marcus](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/ruth-barcan-marcus-10179-1.jpg)
![Marjorie Grene Marjorie Grene](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/no-profile-img.jpg)
![Lizzie Black Kander Lizzie Black Kander](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/lizzie-black-kander-1.jpg)
Welfare worker Lizzie Black Kander is best remembered for penning a popular cookbook, The Settlement Cookbook, which helped her raise funds for her Milwaukee settlement house and had sold over a million copies by the 1970s. She also worked to offer vocational training to women and children.
![Helen Lynd Helen Lynd](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/helen-lynd-1.jpg)