CONTENTS
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.