Lost Voices: Women in Philosophy 1870-1970

This book aims to redress the balance in the field of Contemporary Philosophy, considered predominantly male, by highlighting the philosophical achievements of various female figures during the period 1870-1970. It was originally published in the British Journal for the History of Philosophy.

Sophia M. Connell is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck College London. She held previous appointments in Cambridge. Her research includes ancient Greek philosophy and women in the history of philosophy. She is the author of Aristotle on Female Animals (2016) and the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle’s Biology (2021).

Frederique Janssen-Lauret is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Manchester, specializing in philosophical logic and history of analytic philosophy. She is author of Susan Stebbing (2022) and co-translator of Quine’s Significance of the New Logic (2018).