The neglected canon : nine women philosophers, first to the twentieth century / edited by Therese Boos Dykeman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dykeman, Therese Boos.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women philosophers.

Physical Description:

xvi, 366 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, [1999]

Contents:

First Century, C.E. 1

I. Pan Chao (c.45/51-114/120) 5

Lessons for Women 13

Twelfth Century 31

II. Heloise (1100-1163) 39

Letters of Heloise to Abelard 51

Fourteenth Century: Before and After 73

III. Marie le Jars de Gournay (1565-1645) 81

The Equality of Men and Women 89

Complaints of Women 100

Seventeenth Century 109

IV. Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1679) 115

The Learned Maid 123

V. Mary Astell (1666-1731) 143

A Serious Proposal 151

VI. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz 1648-1695) 167

First Dream 175

Eighteenth Century 207

VII. Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820) 215

On the Equality of the Sexes 225

Observations on Female Abilities 233

Nineteenth Century 269

VIII. Frances Wright (1795-1852) 277

The Nature of Knowledge 285

Of Free Inquiry 301

IX. Antoinette Brown Blackwell 321

Sex and Evolution 331.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0792359569

OCLC:

42080327