by Linda L. McAlister (Author), Linda L. McAlister (Editor)
"I think many people would find it a useful resource, both in terms of information on particular philosophers and as a point of inspiration for designing courses that incorporate the work of women philosophers. . . . I expect I will refer individual students to this book as a resource for their own work and I will consult it in designing future courses." -Teaching Philosophy
Back Jacket
Hypatia's Daughters offers a study of women philosophers from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Covering a wide spectrum of ideas-- form religion to evolution to political theory-- this unique volume brings creative women thinkers into mainstream discussion of the history of philosophy.
Author Biography
LINDA LOPEZ McALISTER is Professor of Women's Studies and Philosophy at the University of South
Florida and general editor of the journal Hypatia. She has written on the history of women philosophers
and the history of feminist philosophy.