How to Think Like a Woman

4.5 stars!!!

This was a very well written and interesting look into the women of philosophy. The author did a very good job sprinkling in her own experiences throughout telling the life stories of these four woman, who I have regretfully never heard of before. It was very interesting to learn about these women and how they viewed the world through a philosophical lens. Sometimes over a hundred years before what most women consider the Women's Rights Movement, these women throughout Europe were speaking up about what a “woman's place” should be and how women were being treated as stupid and good for nothing but motherhood/being a wife. One woman in particular, who was very “traditional” was very upfront with her idea that a woman should only become a mother and/or a wife if that's what she wants for herself, and that men have no place to force that on them. Overall, I really enjoyed this book and wish it was longer! I'm definitely going to be on the look out for anything Regan writes in the future because I'm sure it will be this incredible mix of history and her personal journey of love, motherhood, and philosophy.






Thank you to Grove Atlantic, Grove Press, and NetGalley for providing me with an eBook copy to review.

Just really was not feeling it. Wasn't very interested in the topic, found it hard to pay attention to.

An invaluable book to those who are interested in the “woman question” and the women throughout history who had important contributions to philosophy. It's earned a place on my shelf with that alone. Intertwined with the fascinating historical and biographical context of these women is Regan's own journey—this is less interesting, and the combination feels a bit meandering at times. But it's easy to sympathize and learn with her as she catalogs her own history and relationship with these women and their writing, so the lack of direction doesn't mar the work terribly much.

With a rich bibliography of so many other works I want to dig into, I'll be keeping this inspirational tome around for quite a while.