![]() She edited a three-volume collection of essays entitled Goddesses in World Culture, published in late 2010. She has also published The Encyclopedia of Celtic Myth and Folklore. In 1979, she published the first encyclopedia of female divinities, a book which has remained steadily in print since then and was recently republished in a two volume set as The Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines. In 1995, she joined the faculty of the School for New Learning at DePaul University, where she taught classes in arts and environmental sciences.ĪSWM members will remember Patricia for her groundbreaking contributions to the fields of Goddess Studies and Women’s Spirituality. Patricia earned her PhD in Science and Literature from The Union Institute in Cincinnati in 1994. She worked as a journalist in both Minnesota and Alaska, writing about culture, nature, and the intersection of the two. She also earned an MFA in creative writing (poetry) from the University of Alaska. She earned her undergraduate and first graduate degree at the University of Minnesota, where she studied English and French literature. ![]() to Irish-American parents, and maintained dual Irish and American citizenship. ASWM grieves this loss and honors Patricia’s memory as we continue the work she envisioned. She was a Founding Mother of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology. Patricia Monaghan, scholar, author, poet, activist, artist, visionary died early on Novemafter a two year journey with cancer. ![]()
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