The Mercy Otis Warren Initiative for Women in Civic Life and Thought

The world needs more Mercy.

Mission: 

The Mercy Otis Warren Initiative for Women in Civic Life and Thought aims to promote a fuller appreciation for the rich and diverse contributions of women in civic life, both historically and today. The Initiative will seek to draw attention to and support female thinkers who value and work within the expansive canon of Western social and political thought, and particularly the Anglo-American tradition.

Initiative Objectives:

• To promote greater study of historic women in political and social life by drawing attention to female thinkers who valued and worked within the riches of the Western (and specifically Anglo-American) tradition, especially as it pertains to ordered liberty, the rule of law, the American constitutional republic, and conservatism.
• To bring into the academy (and thereby expand the reach) of a women’s initiative piloted over the last five years at The Wollstonecraft Project at the Abigail Adams Institute.
• To ensure that students at ASU and the School of Economic Thought and Leadership (SCETL), and beyond, can be taught, mentored, and inspired by intellectually diverse female faculty researching and teaching American ideas, institutions, and civic culture.
• To enlist, encourage, and support women called to the intellectual life as scholars and public intellectuals--especially those inspired by the pre-modern, classical liberal, and conservative traditions--by supporting their scholarship as pre-doc, post-doc, or non-residential associate fellows.