Donna Haraway

  • Birth of Donna Haraway

    Born in Denver, Colorado
  • Earned PhD in Biology from Yale

  • Published “A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s”

    This manifesto expresses a philosophy of the relationship between humans, machines, and feminism. She goes on to explain how the evolution of humans and technology has clouded boundaries between the natural and artificial, creating the Cyborg myth. Haraway, Donna Jeanne. A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s. Center for Social Research and Education, 1985.
  • Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science published

    This piece discusses primate reproduction and survival based on race and sex. Haraway, Donna Jeanne. Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science. Routledge, 1989.
  • Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature published

    This series of essays begins to really solidify Haraway's belief in the Cyborg Myth metaphor. She discusses the impact of the use of the internet and social media on human relationships with each other and nature. It creates a personification of the issues that have come with the fast evolution of technology. Haraway, Donna Jeanne. Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature. Routledge, 1991.
  • Modest_Witness@Second_Millennium. FemaleMan_Meets_OncoMouse: Feminism and Technoscience Published

    An abstract narrative that discusses the real and unreal concepts of society, technology, and relationships. Her work continues to discuss feminist tones regarding the patriarchal scientific society. Haraway becomes one of the most prevalent feminists in the scientific society. Haraway, Donna J. Modest Witness Second Millennium: Femaleman Meets Oncomouse: Feminism and Technoscience. Routledge, 1997.
  • Awarded Society for Social Studies of Science's J.D. Bernal Prize

    for her contributions to social science and technology