Edith Stein has written a great deal about the nature of women and has advocated for the place of women in society and their place in the professions. We have written a series of papers describing the relationship between the findings of neuroscience and the differences between the female and male brains. Here we summarise how our knowledge of these differences underpin Edith Stein's view of the nature of women, and therefore validate Stein's particular view of feminism.
Keywords: Edith Stein – feminism – neuroscience - women's education – professions - default mode network - social cognition - brain connectivity – morality - theory of mind - empathy.