Product Description: Western intellectual tradition has long been viewed as an exclusive male bastion, but Women in Western Intellectual Culture, 600-1500 proves that this thesis is no longer tenable. By identifying and analyzing the intellectual writings and activities of women throughout the centuries this study, the first of two volumes, documents a level of participation in intellectual matters that will surprise many readers...read more

Examines women's scientific achievements in light of the centuries-old debates and controversies revolving around qualifications, lack of educational opportunities, and exclusion by male professionals. (view table of contents)

A thought-provoking analysis of the roles of feminist intellectuals from the eighteenth century to the present day examines the contributions of such key figures as Mary Wollstonecraft, Margaret Fuller, Germaine Greer, Susan Sontag, Margaret Mead, and others as she explores common themes and patterns of women's lives. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Documents the twelve-hundred-year struggle of women to free their minds from patriarchal thought, to create women's history, and to achieve a feminist consciousness (view table of contents)