Perseus Academic: Women Philosophers by Catherine Villanueva Gardner

"Catherine Gardner's Women Philosophers is a rich and vital resource for philosophers in general, historians of philosophy, and the many feminist philosophers who are in the process of articulating new points of view. Her emphasis on style and form-so frequently overlooked-provides a sparkling introduction to five important thinkers, and the work as a whole is a remarkable addition to the growing corpus of work that attempts to give voice to the thought of women over time."
— Jane Duran, University of California, Santa Barbara

"One of the most exciting projects in contemporary philosophy is the expansion of the canon to include the voices of forgotten women philosophers. Gardner makes a signal contribution to this project by revealing the philosophical vigor of five women long noted as authors but rarely studied as philosopher. Not only does Gardner resurrect the original moral theories of these medieval and modern philosophers; she crafts a compelling argument on the centrality of form and style to all philosophical analysis."
— John J. Conley, S.J., Fordham University

"Gardner is most interested in issues related to the boundaries created within the discipline about what counts as philosophical, and why. With books such as Gardner's, the map of women's intellectual history becomes more visible, its importance ever more apparent. This work needs to be integrated at every level of philosophical study."
— Sara Ebenreck, St. Mary's College of Maryland APA Newsletters, Volume 00, Number 1