A History of Women Philosophers

Like their predecessors, and like their male counterparts, most women philosophers of the 20th century have significant expertise in several specialities. Moreover, their work represents the gamut of 20th century philosophy's interests in moral pragmatism, logical positivism, philosophy of mathematics, of psychology, and of mind. Their writings include feminist philosophy, classical moral theory reevaluated in light of Kant, Mill, and the 19th century feminist and abolitionist movements, and issues in logic and perception. Included in the fourth volume of the series are discussions of L. Susan Stebbing, Edith Stein, Hedwig Conrad Martius, Simone de Beauvoir, Simone Weil, Mary Whiton Calkins, Gerda Walther, and others. While pre-20th century women philosophers were usually self-educated, those of the 20th century had greater access to academic preparation in philosophy. Yet, for all the advances made by women philosophers over two and a half millennia, the philosophers discussed in this volume were sometimes excluded from full participation in academic life, and sometimes denied full professional academic status.

1. Victoria, Lady Welby (1837-1912).- I. Introduction.- II. Biography.- III. Philosophy.- IV. Other Intellectual Interests.- V. Welby's Influence and the Development of Signifies.- VI. Conclusion.- 2. E. E. Constance Jones (1848-1922).- I. Biography.- II. Works.- III. The Originality of Jones' Thought.- IV. Conclusion.- 3. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935).- I. Biography.- II. Gilman's Philosophical Work.- 4. Lou Salomé (1861-1937).- I. Biography.- II. Philosophy.- III. Influences.- IV. Conclusions.- 5. Mary Whiton Calkins (1863-1930).- I. Biography.- II. Psychology.- III. Philosophy.- IV. Conclusion.- 6. L. Susan Stebbing (1885-1943).- I. Biography.- II. Philosophy.- 7. Edith Stein (1891-1942).- I. Biography.- II. Philosophy.- III. Conclusion.- 8. Gerda Walther (1897-1977).- I. Biography.- II. Philosophy.- III. Conclusions.- 9. Ayn Rand (1905-1982).- I. Biography.- II. Literary Works.- III. Objectivist Philosophy.- IV. Conclusion.- 10. Cornelia Johanna de Vogel (1905-1986).- I. Background.- II. Biography.- III. Ancient Philosophy.- IV. Christian Philosophy.- V. On Theological Orthodoxy and Women.- VI. Conclusions.- 11. Hannah Arendt (1906-1975).- I. Biography.- II. Works.- III. Conclusions.- 12. Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986).- I. Biography.- II. Works.- III. Philosophy of the Self.- IV Conclusion.- 13. Simonel Weil (1909-1943).- I. Biography.- II. Philosophical Work.- III. Conclusions.- 14. Twentieth Century Women Philosophers.- 1. Sophie Willock Bryant: 1850-1922.- 2. Julia Henrietta Gulliver: 1856-1940.- 3. Helen Dendy Bosanquet: 1860-1925.- 4. JaneAddams: 1860-1935.- 5. Elizabeth S. Haldane: 1862-1937.- 6. May Sinclair: 1863-1946.- 7. Ellen Bliss Talbot: 1867-1968.- 8. Emma Goldman: 1869-1940.- 9. A. M. (Maud?)Bodkin: b. 1875.- 10. Evelyn Underhill: 1875-1941.- 11. Helen Knight: fl. 1877.- 12. Grace Mead Andrus De Laguna: 1878-1978.- 13. Nima Hirschensohn Alderblum: c. 1882-1974.- 14. Beatrice Edgell: fl. 1875.- 15. F. Rosamond Shields: fl. 1913.- 16. Katherine Everett Gilbert: 1886-1952.- 17. Una Mirrieles Bernard Sait: 1886-?.- 18. Helen Huss Parkhurst: 1887-1959.- 19. Sister Mary Patricia Garvey: 1888-1952.- 20. Karin Costelloe Stephen: 1889-1953.- 21. Phyllis Ackerman: fl. 1893.- 22. Dorothy Wrinch Nicholson: 1894-1976.- 23. Marjorie Silliman Harris: fl. 1913.- 24. E. M. Whetnall: fl. 1900.- 25. Ruth Lydia Saw: 1901-1983?.- 26. Ivy MacKenzie: fl. 1902.- 27. Margaret Masterman Braithwaite: fl. 1905.- 28. Margaret MacDonald: fl. 1907-1956.- 29. Helen M. Smith: fl. 1907.