Melissa:

Are you using more modern secondary texts on historical male  
philosophers? If so, it would be super smooth to integrate modern  
female authors of secondary texts in addition to any female ancient  
philosophers.

Best,
  Alison Reiheld



Quoting Melissa Burchard <[log in to unmask]>:

> Mary Ellen Waithe's volume on ancient women philosophers has a lot more
> fragments; my favorites are the pythagoreans. I think it's just titled "A
> History of Women Philosophers" vol. 1.
> It's fun to include the women!
> Best, Melissa
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Sara Protasi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Dear FEASTers,
>>
>> first of all, let me remark on what a wonderful resource this is and how
>> appreciative I am not only of the answers you all gave me in the past but
>> also of all of the other inquiries and information provided via this
>> newsletter. I am learning so much just by standing on the sidelines, not
>> just in terms of philosophical content, but also of history of the
>> discipline (I am thinking especially of the all the emails concerning Nancy
>> Hartsock).
>>
>> Ok, now for the the request of help! I am teaching Ancient (Western)
>> philosophy in the Fall (introductory undergraduate class, students ranging
>> from freshmen to senior level) and I am trying to integrate women
>> philosophers in my syllabus, which is not an easy task. Any suggestion?
>>
>> The only source of primary literature accessible to undergraduates that I
>> have been able to find is Kathleen Wider's 1986 Hypatia article. The
>> fragments reported there are actually not terribly interesting
>> (philosophically speaking), but the article raises a bunch of historical,
>> historiographical and sociological issues that might be novel to many
>> students.
>> I am leaning toward assigning it as my reading for one class dedicated in
>> general to the topic "where are the women in Ancient philosophy?".
>>
>> Any further suggestion would be very appreciated. I'll happily send a
>> digest of what I get, if I receive it off-list (but I take it that people
>> don't mind to have a thread on these things).
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Sara
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