Donna Haraway - September 6th, 1944 (age 75)

Birth of Donna Haraway

Sep 6, 1944

Ms. Haraway was born in Denver Colorado. Both mother and father were of Irish decent.

Donna's Mother Passes Away

1960

At the early age of 16, Donna had to lay her mom to rest. She passed away of an acute myocardial infarction.

Haraway Earns her Ph.D at Yale University

1972

In 1972, Donna earned her Ph.D in biology at Yale university. She wrote her dissertation titled The Search for Organizing Relations: An Organismic Paradigm in Twentieth-Century Developmental Biology which focused on the use of metaphors in shaping biological experimentation.

Crystals, Fabrics, and Fields: Metaphors of Organicism in Twentieth-Century Developmental Biology

1976

Donna's dissertation is turned into a published book with a title change. Reference:
Haraway, Donna J. Crystals, Fabrics, and Fields: Metaphors of Organicism in Twentieth-Century Developmental Biology. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 1976. Print.

"Cyborg Manifesto" is published

1985

Cyborg Manifesto: Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT4bhRMV298 Cyborg Manifesto: Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUfD5O6GZo0 Reference:
Haraway, Donna. "A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century." In Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature. New York: Routledge, 1991, pp.149-181.
http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/theory/Haraway-CyborgManifesto.html

"Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective"

1988

Donna introduces the theory of feminist empiricism. Reference:
Haraway, Donna. “Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective.” Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global Perspectives. Eds. Carole McCann and Seung-kyung Kim. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2013. 412-426. Print.

Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science

1990

In this second book, Donna focuses her attention on the reproductive competencies of primates. Reference:
Haraway, Donna J. Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science. New York: Routledge, 1989. Print.

"Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature"

1991

Building from her original Cyborg Manifesto; Donna explains how essential inconsistencies in feminist theory and individuality should not be fixed but instead fused together. Reference:
Haraway, Donna J. Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature. , 1991. Print.

Received the J.D. Bernal Award

2000

In September 2000, Donna Haraway received the J.D. Bernal Prize. This is considered the highest honor given by the Society for Social Studies of Science for lifetime contributions to the field.