Thank you for sharing this beautiful obituary and the information for
donating to the paper prize fund.

Maureen

On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 6:44 PM, Christine Di Stefano <
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> *Dear Feasties: *
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> * Thanks to Nancy Hirschmann for forwarding to you my early message to
> close friends of Nancy Hartsock about her death.  And sincere thanks to so
> many of you for your your prompt condolences and appreciative comments
> regarding Nancy's influence on feminist theory and philosophy.  It has
> taken me several days to compose a proper obit, which I am now sharing with
> you.  Please help us build the fund for the graduate paper prize in Nancy's
> name at the University of Washington.  This is an effort to
> institutionalize a legacy for feminist scholarship.  Our paradoxical task
> is to institutionalize a legacy whose purpose we can only hope will become
> obsolete in the future.  May we live long enough to see that day arrive!
> Until then, please contribute. *
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> * Yours, in the precious memory of Nancy Hartsock, Christine Di Stefano
>    *
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> *                                                       Nancy C.M.
> Hartsock (1943-2015)*
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> *Professor Emerita Nancy C.M. Hartsock passed away on March 19, in
> Seattle, WA.  Nancy joined the departments of Political Science and Women
> Studies (now Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies) at the University of
> Washington in 1984.  Before then, she held appointments at the University
> of Michigan, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, and Oberlin.  She received her Ph.D.
> in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 1972, with a
> dissertation on “Philosophy, Ideology, and Ordinary Language:  The
> Political Thought of Black Community Leaders.”  Two years later, in 1974,
> her pioneering work in feminist theory began to appear in Quest: A Feminist
> Quarterly.  Nancy had found her calling in political theory.     *
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> *Her magnum opus, Money, Sex, and Power: Toward a Feminist Historical
> Materialism (1983), offered a substantive contribution to the theorization
> of the sexual division of labor, and women’s labor more specifically, as a
> resource for the development of a “feminist standpoint.”  “The Feminist
> Standpoint:  Developing the Ground for a Specifically Feminist Historical
> Materialism” (1983) was widely reprinted in edited anthologies of feminist
> theory.  These two works are among the most influential and widely-cited
> pieces of scholarship in feminist and political theory.  Nancy’s
> elaboration of the feminist standpoint was subsequently presented in The
> Feminist Standpoint Revisited and Other Essays (1998).  Her work was
> adopted, extended and revised, as well as criticized, by feminist scholars,
> and continues to be a vital touchstone for feminist inquiry.  In her later
> work, Nancy focused her attention on the political economic dynamics of
> globalization and their impacts on women’s labor and life-chances.*
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> *Nancy served in a variety of leadership and service roles in the
> profession, including President of the Western Political Science
> Association (1994-95) and service on a variety of editorial boards.  She
> was also a co-founder of the Center for Women & Democracy in Seattle, WA
> and served as its Founding Director (1999-2000).  In 1993, she was honored
> with a Mentor of Distinction Award from the American Political Science
> Association Women’s Caucus.*
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> *Nancy** left us all-too-soon, although she defied the medical
> statistical odds by 30 years when she was diagnosed with late-stage breast
> cancer in 1985.  As we mourn Nancy, let’s also celebrate her significant
> achievements, contributions, and resilience.  In addition to her passionate
> pursuit of feminist theory and social justice, Nancy was an accomplished
> equestrian and musician.  Not content merely to play the harpsichord, she
> proceeded to build one soon after completing her dissertation.  Nancy
> lavished loving attention on many fortunate cats, including Stokely, Annie,
> Chan, and Emma.  She was also a shameless foodie.  Her passion for travel
> was reflected in the art that adorned her home.*
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> *On the occasion of her retirement in 2009, Nancy’s commitments to
> graduate teaching were reflected in the decision to create a graduate
> student paper prize in her name at the University of Washington, “The Nancy
> C.M. Hartsock Prize for Best Graduate Paper in Feminist Theory.”  This fund
> is administered by the College of Arts & Sciences.  Graduate students from
> all departments and schools in the college are eligible to apply for this
> annual prize.  If you would like to contribute to this fund, please make
> your check out to “UW Foundation,” with a memo line indicating “Hartsock
> Prize Fund.”  Donations may be mailed to:  Christine Di Stefano, Department
> of Political Science, Box 353530, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
> 98195-3530.*
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> *May Nancy “rest in power.”**
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> ** Thanks to Heather Pool, a former student of Nancy’s and now Assistant
> Professor at Denison University, *
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