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aspasia — Aspasia’s role in history (c. 400bc Greece) provides crucial insight to the understanding of the women of ancient Greece. Very little is known about women from her time period. One scholar stated that, “To ask questions about Aspasia’s life is to ask questions about half of humanity.”– Wikipedia

Although males have historically predominated in philosophy, following are some examples of works by or about female philosophers of note:

http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/wstudies/index.html

Also See Women in Philosophy Gallery at Ed Coletti’s P3

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