After reading How to Think Like a Woman by Regan Penaluna, I am left wondering: How many women authors, especially philosophers, have been forgotten or completely lost to history? Why? And are we giving more credence to our modern-day women authors and philosophers than we have in the past? Why or why not?
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How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind by Regan Penaluna was like a balm for my soul. It’s a deeply personal and introspective work that is also universal and accessible to those of us who are constantly battling with how we are perceived and portrayed (and often ignored or discarded) in life, love, and intellectual pursuits.
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