Anne Carr

Sister Anne Carr (11 November 1934 – 11 February 2008) was a Catholic nun, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, an activist, and feminist theologian at the University of Chicago Divinity School, where she was the first female tenured member of the faculty. She was well known for her beliefs regarding feminism and seen as an advocate for women's rights. Carr specialized in feminism theology regarding Catholic thought and during her lifetime she wrote ground-breaking books which examined feminism and Christianity. She has been described as a founding mother of academic Catholic feminism. She also received her doctorate from the University of Chicago Divinity School in 1971 with a dissertation on the German theologian Karl Rahner. She was then appointed chair of the religious studies department at Mundelein College and taught there and at Indiana University until she began teaching at the University of Chicago Divinity School in 1975.

Beliefs Carr's opinions on the church were considered controversial, especially as she critiqued the modern shortcomings of the Church while still remaining a devoted nun to Catholicism. During her life as a practicing Catholic woman, Anne Carr contributed multiple literature pieces regarding feminist theology that dealt with links between traditional Catholic values and feminism.