 Although writing long before the term “standpoint epistemology” was named by feminist philosophers, Addams can be considered a forerunner of standpoint epistemology, given her commitment to sympathetic knowledge. Feminist philosophers have attended to the impact of context on theory more than mainstream philosophers. Although there are lively debates within feminist philosophical circles regarding the nature of objectivity, many, including Dorothy Smith, Nancy Hartsock, Hilary Rose, Alison Jaggar, and Sandra Harding, have developed the notion that knowledge is indeed situated. In particular, feminist standpoint theorists valorize the perspectives and theories derived from oppressed societal positions, such as women’s experiences. Harding describes a feminist standpoint as something to achieve rather than a passive perspective. All women have lived experience in a woman’s body and therefore have a woman’s perspective. Still, a feminist standpoint requires an effort at stepping back to gain a holistic picture of power struggles. Through the understanding of the perspectival aspect of knowledge claims, standpoint epistemology can create libratory knowledge that can be leveraged to subvert oppressive systems. One of the challenges of standpoint theory is how to give voice to multiple positions without falling back on hierarchies that favor certain standpoints over others.