Genevieve Lloyd is an Australia

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n philosopher and feminist

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. She studied philosophy at the University of Sydney

University of Sydney

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 in the early 1960s and then at Somerville College, Oxford

Somerville College, Oxford

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. Her D.Phil, awarded in 1973, was on 'Time and Tense'. From 1967 until 1987 she lectured at the Australian National University

Australian National University

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, during which period she developed her most influential ideas and wrote The Man of Reason: 'Male' and 'Female' in Western Philosophy, which was published in 1984. In 1987 she was appointed to the chair of philosophy at the University of New South Wales

University of New South Wales

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, being the first female professor of philosophy appointed in Australia. On retirement, she was appointed Professor

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 Emeritus

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External links

• Help Sheet on Genevieve Lloyd
• Women of Philosophy, Stirring Up The Pot Report of talk
• Waking Sleeping Beauty Honours thesis discussing Lloyd on Descartes