CONTENTS
Reading edition
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 1
II. Woman's Capacity for Scientific Pursuits 106
III. Women in Mathematics 136
IV. Women in Astronomy 167
V. Women in Physics 197
VI. Women in Chemistry 214
VII. Women in the Natural Sciences 233
VIII. Women in Medicine and Surgery 266
IX. Women in Archæology 309
X. Women as Inventors 334
XI. Women as Inspirers and Collaborators in Science 356
XII. The Future of Women in Science: Summary and Epilogue 390
Bibliography 419
Index 427
Le donne son venute in excellenza Di ciascun'arte, ove hanno posta cura; E qualunque all'istorie abbia avvertenza, Ne sente ancor la fama non oscura. What art so deep, what science so high, But worthy women have thereto attained? Who list in stories old to look may try, And find my speech herein not false nor fain'd. Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, Canto XX, Strophe 2.
Ad omnem igitur doctrinam ... muliebres animos natura comparavit. Maria Gaetana Agnesi.