Women philosophers have not received their due in the discipline's reference works. Kersey's international biographical dictionary of women philosophers from ancient times up until the present redresses that situation... This very capably fills a very evident gap in the philosophy reference corpus. Wilson Library Bulletin
Preface Introduction Women Philosophers Appendix: Women Philosphers by Historical Period, Country, and Discipline or Principal Subject of Writings Name Index
ETHEL M. KERSEY is an Associate Librarian at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. She specializes in philosophy and women's studies, and her article, The Noema, Husserlian and Beyond, was published in Philosophy Research Archives.
?Kersey has compiled a list of some 150 women philosophers born
generally before 1920. Varying according to the amount of
information available, each listing includes biographical
information and some critical description of the subject's work.
Where controversies over subjects or their works exist, they are
identified. Each entry is completed with a bibliography of Works
By, ' if extant, and Works About.' The 25-page introductory essay
places women philosophers within the context of the history of
philosophy by period and includes a section on Women and Philosophy
in America.' An alphabetical list of the subjects, indicating
period, country, and discipline or principal subject of writings,
plus a name index completes the volume. The value of this work is
the identification of these women as philosophers and the bringing
together of information that is available, but widely dispersed.
Much of this information could be gleaned from several dozen
encyclopedic or biographical sources and the few available studies
of women philosophers or women in science (e.g., the ongoing
History of Women Philosophers, ed. by Mary Ellen Waithe; v.1,
Ancient Women Philosophers, 600 B.C.-500 A.D., 1987) or Beatrice H.
Zedler's translation of the 1690 Latin Historia mulierum
philosopharum by Gilles Menage as The History of Women Philosophers
Kersey's work, however, will save the user much time and trouble.
Attractively printed and well bound; recommended for both public
and academic libraries.?-Choice
?This book was written to fill a gap Kersy discovered in the
reference literature, a complete lack of a biographical source
identifying women philosophers. She has produced a biographical
dictionary with sketches of all the women philosophers she could
discover from antiquity up to those born in 1920. Her twenty-four
page introduction summarizes the places of these women in the
history of philosophy. Philosophers, Women's Studies scholars and
their students will find this a useful reference work.?-American
Library Book Review
?This work developed from the discovery that there existed no
biographical dictionaries of women philosophers, and few references
to women in textbooks on the history of philosophy. Intended to
fill that void, the book covers more than 170 women born before
1920 who wrote about or pondered questions of Western intellectual
life. The volume includes extensive bibliographies of both primary
and secondary works about each philosopher. An in-depth
introduction establishes the context for the reference, and an
appendix provides charts showing women philosophers by century,
nationality and discipline. An index of names completes the source
book.?-The Philosophers Index
?Women philosophers have not received their due in the discipline's
reference works. Kersey's international biographical dictionary of
women philosophers from ancient times up until the present
(excluding those born since 1920) redresses that situation. She has
depended heavily on Gilles Menage's The History of Women
Philosophers (1690, reprinted and translated, Lanham, MD:
University Press of America, 1984) to identify obscure ancient and
medieval women philosophers, many of whom are known only secondhand
since none of their writings survive. Users of this dictionary can
easily refer to Menage's account, as his book has served as
Kersey's principal source of information and the bibliography
concluding each biography cites Menage by page number. These
two-part bibliographies cite works by and about the biographee. All
entries identify the subject's nationality and field of
specialization and those for modern subjects chronicle education
and professional positions. Entries on some of the ancient
philosophers known only by reputation are brief, while those on
modern philosophers run as long as four pages. To the extent that
documentary evidence permits, every entry traces the woman's
intellectual development, summarizes her thought, and assesses her
work. A table preceding the index lists the 160 subjects
alphabetically and notes for each her century, country, and
discipline or school. Additional lists by each of these attributes
would have further facilitated thematic approaches to the
biographies. This very capably fills a very evident gap in the
philosophy reference corpus.?-Wilson Library Bulletin
"Kersey has compiled a list of some 150 women philosophers born
generally before 1920. Varying according to the amount of
information available, each listing includes biographical
information and some critical description of the subject's work.
Where controversies over subjects or their works exist, they are
identified. Each entry is completed with a bibliography of Works
By, ' if extant, and Works About.' The 25-page introductory essay
places women philosophers within the context of the history of
philosophy by period and includes a section on Women and Philosophy
in America.' An alphabetical list of the subjects, indicating
period, country, and discipline or principal subject of writings,
plus a name index completes the volume. The value of this work is
the identification of these women as philosophers and the bringing
together of information that is available, but widely dispersed.
Much of this information could be gleaned from several dozen
encyclopedic or biographical sources and the few available studies
of women philosophers or women in science (e.g., the ongoing
History of Women Philosophers, ed. by Mary Ellen Waithe; v.1,
Ancient Women Philosophers, 600 B.C.-500 A.D., 1987) or Beatrice H.
Zedler's translation of the 1690 Latin Historia mulierum
philosopharum by Gilles Menage as The History of Women Philosophers
Kersey's work, however, will save the user much time and trouble.
Attractively printed and well bound; recommended for both public
and academic libraries."-Choice
"This book was written to fill a gap Kersy discovered in the
reference literature, a complete lack of a biographical source
identifying women philosophers. She has produced a biographical
dictionary with sketches of all the women philosophers she could
discover from antiquity up to those born in 1920. Her twenty-four
page introduction summarizes the places of these women in the
history of philosophy. Philosophers, Women's Studies scholars and
their students will find this a useful reference work."-American
Library Book Review
"This work developed from the discovery that there existed no
biographical dictionaries of women philosophers, and few references
to women in textbooks on the history of philosophy. Intended to
fill that void, the book covers more than 170 women born before
1920 who wrote about or pondered questions of Western intellectual
life. The volume includes extensive bibliographies of both primary
and secondary works about each philosopher. An in-depth
introduction establishes the context for the reference, and an
appendix provides charts showing women philosophers by century,
nationality and discipline. An index of names completes the source
book."-The Philosophers Index
"Women philosophers have not received their due in the discipline's
reference works. Kersey's international biographical dictionary of
women philosophers from ancient times up until the present
(excluding those born since 1920) redresses that situation. She has
depended heavily on Gilles Menage's The History of Women
Philosophers (1690, reprinted and translated, Lanham, MD:
University Press of America, 1984) to identify obscure ancient and
medieval women philosophers, many of whom are known only secondhand
since none of their writings survive. Users of this dictionary can
easily refer to Menage's account, as his book has served as
Kersey's principal source of information and the bibliography
concluding each biography cites Menage by page number. These
two-part bibliographies cite works by and about the biographee. All
entries identify the subject's nationality and field of
specialization and those for modern subjects chronicle education
and professional positions. Entries on some of the ancient
philosophers known only by reputation are brief, while those on
modern philosophers run as long as four pages. To the extent that
documentary evidence permits, every entry traces the woman's
intellectual development, summarizes her thought, and assesses her
work. A table preceding the index lists the 160 subjects
alphabetically and notes for each her century, country, and
discipline or school. Additional lists by each of these attributes
would have further facilitated thematic approaches to the
biographies. This very capably fills a very evident gap in the
philosophy reference corpus."-Wilson Library Bulletin
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