Women Writers: Ancient and Classical World
Ancient Women Writers
We know of only a few women who wrote in the ancient world, when education was limited to only a few people and most of them men. This list includes most of the women whose work survives or is well-known; there were also some lesser-known women writers who are mentioned by writers in their time but whose work doesn't survive. And there were probably other women writers whose work was simply ign…
Enheduanna
Enheduanna is the first author and poet in the world that history knows by name. Enheduanna made Inanna supreme over the other deities in King Sargon's Akkadian empire when she became the priestess of Nanna's temple.
Hypatia of Alexandria
Hypatia studied with her father, and with many others including Plutarch the Younger. She herself taught at the Neoplatonist school of philosophy. She became the salaried director of this school in 400. She probably wrote on mathematics, astronomy and philosophy, including about the motions of the planets, about number theory and about conic...