In 1998, a discrimination claim against the college by two male students was backed by the Center for Individual Rights, a conservative advocacy group. In 1989, Daly became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press. While Daly argued that their presence inhibited class discussion, Boston College took the view that her actions were in violation of title IX of federal law requiring the college to ensure that no person was excluded from an education program on the basis of sex, and of the university's own non-discrimination policy insisting that all courses be open to both male and female students. As a result of support from the (then all-male) student body and the general public, however, Daly was ultimately granted tenure.ĭaly's refusal to admit male students to some of her classes at Boston College also resulted in disciplinary action.
īefore obtaining her two doctorates in sacred theology and philosophy from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the College of Saint Rose, her Master of Arts degree in English from the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in religion from Saint Mary's College.ĭaly taught classes at Boston College from 1967 to 1999, including courses in theology, feminist ethics, and patriarchy.ĭaly was first threatened with dismissal when, following the publication of her first book, The Church and the Second Sex (1968), she was issued a terminal (fixed-length) contract. Early in her childhood, Daly had mystical experiences in which she felt the presence of divinity in nature.
Daly was raised in a Catholic environment both her parents were Irish Catholics and Daly attended Catholic schools as a girl. Her mother was a homemaker and her father, a traveling salesman. Mary Daly was born in Schenectady, New York, on October 16, 1928. She allowed male students in her introductory class and privately tutored those who wanted to take advanced classes. Daly retired from Boston College in 1999, after violating university policy by refusing to allow male students in her advanced women's studies classes. Once a practicing Roman Catholic, she had disavowed Christianity by the early 1970s. Daly, who described herself as a "radical lesbian feminist", taught at the Jesuit-run Boston College for 33 years. Mary Daly (Octo– January 3, 2010) was an American radical feminist philosopher and theologian.
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