Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation | 
This biography has provoked so many memories for me regarding my own separation from the Catholic Church & my own dawning feminism. Rich writes that “Daly‘s new book [Beyond God the Father: Towards a Philosophy of Women‘s Liberation] was the greatest feminist treatise since The Second Sex.”(Simone De Beauvoir) I experienced a rude awakening when I was a freshman of the first full class of women at a previously all male Catholic college. 🔽
kspenmoll 🔼I called looking for the phone number of a nearby college‘s clinic. The college was not prepared to treat specifically female issues. They did not provide it & the next thing i knew I got a call from the Dean‘s office wanting know why I needed the clinic. I got the impression they thought I was pregnant. I did not reveal why. Instead I called my dad & he sent what I needed ( just RX for yeast infection) & mailed it to me.🔽 13mo
kspenmoll 🔼we also faced some( definitely not all, a minority really) men who followed us calling out disgusting names, & professors who also did not want women these. During college & after I was introduced to Mary Daly & read Two of her books. Reading about Rich has sent me down memory lane in positive ways- to return to my early influences.❤️ 13mo
mcctrish First of all, OH MY GOODNESS! On so many levels!!! Your dad though ❤️❤️ 13mo
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TheBookHippie OHMYWORD. And my early fights in High School as an activist and being underground women‘s health has been flashing through my memory … also your dad ♥️. It‘s amazing when you look at a scope of a life. Yours and mine included. It‘s just phew… 13mo
jlhammar Just wow. I haven‘t read Daly yet. Sounds good. 13mo
SamAnne I was in college in the mid-80s and was introduced to Rich, Daly, etc. This bio is bringing up a lot of memories for me too. 13mo