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| birth_date = 1931<br />
| birth_place = [[Steffeln]], Rhine Province, Germany<br />
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| occupation = Professor of [[sociology]] and author of several feminist books<br />
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| notable_works = Indian Women and Patriarchy (1980), Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale (1986), and (with Bennholdt-Thomsen and von Werlhof) Women: The Last Colony (1988)<br />
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'''Maria Mies''' (born 1931, [[Steffeln]], [[Rhine Province]], [[Free State of Prussia|Prussia]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]]) is a German professor of [[sociology]] and author of several feminist books, including ''Indian Women and Patriarchy'' (1980), ''Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale'' (1986), and (with Bennholdt-Thomsen and von Werlhof) ''Women: The Last Colony'' (1988).<br />
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She is Professor of Sociology at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences,<ref>Cologne University of Applied Sciences: http://www.international-office.fh-koeln.de/english/</ref> which is a [[Fachhochschule]] in [[Cologne]], Germany. She worked for many years in India. In 1979 she established the Women and Development programme at the Institute of Social Studies in [[The Hague]], Netherlands. She has been active in the women's movement and in [[women's studies]] since the late 1960s. She has published several books and many articles on feminist, ecological and developing-world issues. One of her main concerns is the development of an alternative approach in methodology and in economics. Having retired from teaching in 1993, she continues to be active in the women's and other social movements; she is a member of feministAttac, a women's network of [[Attac]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Ilona Plattner u.&nbsp;a. |url=http://www.attac.de/feministattac/fna.php |title=feministAttac |work=Attac Deutschland |date=15 April 2005 |access-date=12 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050217104700/http://www.attac.de/feministattac/fna.php |archivedate=17 February 2005 }}</ref> She has published a book on the [[Multilateral Agreement on Investment]] and, with Veronika Bannholdt, has written a book on the subsistence perspective (from ''Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale''). She is married to the eco-socialist [[Saral Sarkar]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Lokayan Bulletin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6JiOAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Lokayan,.}}</ref><br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
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*''Indian Women and Patriarchy: Conflicts and Dilemmas of Students and Working Women''. New Delhi: Concept (1980). {{ISBN|978-0391021266}}.<br />
* ''Lace Makers of Narsapur: Indian Housewives Produce for the World Market.'' London: Zed Books (1982). {{ISBN|0-86232-032-1}}.<br />
* with Vandana Shiva. ''Ecofeminism''. London: Zed Books (1993). {{ISBN|1-85649-156-0}}.<br />
* with Sinith Sittirak. ''The Daughters of Development: Women in a Changing Environment''. London: Zed Books (1998). {{ISBN|1-85649-588-4}}.<br />
* ''Patriarchy and Accumulation On A World Scale: Women in the International Division of Labour''. London: Zed Books (1999). {{ISBN|1-85649-735-6}}.<br />
* with Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen. ''The Subsistence Perspective: Beyond the Globalised Economy''. London: Zed Books (2000). {{ISBN|1-85649-776-3}}.<br />
*''The Village and the World: My Life, Our Times''. North Melbourne: Spinifex Press (2011). {{ISBN|1-876756-82-9}}.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Anarcha-feminism]]<br />
* [[Ecofeminism]]<br />
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