The life and work of overlooked women philosophers

The history of philosophy has not yet done justice to women. Just take a look at recent book publications on this subject to see for yourself. In the book Philosophy: The 100 Most Important Thinkers (Philip Stokes, translated by Samantha Konstantdea, Fytirakis Publications, 2008), only two women are mentioned, with Mary Wollstonecraft and Simone de Beauvoir occupying these honorary positions. In the book The Great Philosophers: From Socrates to Turing, no women are included. Each chapter in this special book has been written by a contemporary philosopher, all of whom are men. During the writing of this current book, a new work was published with the bold title The History of Philosophy by Anthony Clifford Grayling (translated by Petros Georgiou, Patakis Publications, 2021). This one also does not include women philosophers. The book features a 3.5-page critique of "feminist philosophy," in which only one woman philosopher is named – Martha Nussbaum. You're starting to get the point.

It is worth noting that this gap is not due to a lack of published books on philosophy in general. Quite the opposite. Books are written covering an incredibly wide range of topics, such as Golf and Philosophy: Lessons from Links, the book Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington, and, finally, the equally important book Surfing with Sartre. Nevertheless, very little has been written to honor the work of significant women philosophers. An notable exception is the work Women Philosophers, written by a distinguished philosopher, Baroness Mary Warnock, about twenty years ago.