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On a variety of occasions throughout the second edition of Toward a New Psychology of Women (1986), Jean Baker Miller refers to women who spoke or wrote to her following the publication of the first edition (1976). They had contacted her to let her know how the book had impacted on their lives, altering the way they understood the world and themselves, even when they didn't agree with all aspects of her analysis. In this article, we present reflections from two such individuals, whose personal and professional perspectives were deeply affected by the ideas presented in a book only 150 pages in length. The fact that the authors come from two different countries demonstrates that, even early on, Miller's ideas were having an international impact.

These essays by leading theorists and researchers in sociocultural, cognitive, developmental and educational psychology honour the memory of Sylvia Scribner, whose work is recognized by each of the authors as seminal to their own thinking. The themes include the relationship between history and culture, the importance of context to thinking, the place of literacy in human activity and thought, and cognition in school and in the workplace. The volume presents applications of activity theory to fundamental issues in human behaviour at work, in school, and in problem solving situations, and it analyses historical-societal processes in science and culture. Scribner's conviction that science holds a responsibility to human welfare and understanding is carried on in these chapters. Sociocultural Psychology is crucial reading for researchers and graduate students in sociocultural, cognitive, developmental and educational psychology