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Born on September 6th, 1944
Born in Denver Colorado and raised as a Irish Catholic. She would later base a large component of her work on the foundations established by Irish Catholic upbringing. -
Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the 1980s
The essay which was referred to more popularly as "The Cyborg Manifesto" was first written as a response to a question about what will the world look like in 20-30 years. -
Publication of the Cyborg Manifesto
Her essay, which was limited to 5 pages, was published in full despite the page limit restriction in the Socialist Review.
Haraway, Donna. “A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism for the 1980s.” Socialist Review 80, vol. 15, no. 2, 1985, pp. 65–107. -
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1985 - 1990: Refining "Cyborg Feminism"
During this time period, Haraway would focus primarily on defining her intentions behind Cyborg Feminism as you can tell from a synopsis of her work, she was vague as to her specific meanings but has stated in essence that she wanted to deconstruct the barriers between genders, nature, and hierarchy through a mythical future landscape to ascribe the nature of equality between everyone. -
1989 - Primate Visions
Professor Haraway would publish her other most celebrated work in her career, Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science. This work was primarily centered around trying to explain the ongoing issues with male centric themes and bias in the modern sciences utilizing primatology as a vehicle to carry her message.
Haraway, Donna J. Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science. New York: Routledge, 1989 -
Cyborg Forever!
She is still influential and speaks publicly about her opinions on the socio-structure of modern science and society utilizing her flair for science fiction correlations. She can be viewed giving a lengthy speech to UC Berkeley about this ongoing trend in modern times.
