Download or read book Inessential Woman written by Elizabeth V. Spelman and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1990-03-31 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, Western philosophers have buried women's characters under the category of "men's nature." Feminist theorists, responding to this exclusion, have often been guilty of this exlcusion as well – focusing only on white, middle-class women and treating others as inessential. Inessential Woman is an eloquent argument against white, middle-class bias in feminist theory. It warns against trying to seperate feminist thinking and politics from issues of race and class, and challenges the assumption of homogeneity that underlies much of feminist thought.