 Both feminism and pragmatism are fields that extend beyond the boundaries of traditional philosophy. Some early pragmatist feminists worked in areas that are now considered social science fields. Looking beyond academic philosophy to find the women who were influential social philosophers has expanded traditional philosophical methodology and has opened a a “new space for thinking” in philosophy. Understanding these reformers as philosophers helps us see how those outside of modern, professional, academic settings developed, expressed, and enacted groundbreaking theories and can illuminate how philosophers today might span the boundaries between scholarship and activism, between philosophy and other disciplines, and between the academy and the community.