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WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION. WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION. EFFECT ON WOMEN. Little change in views of women’s inferiority or restriction of women’s roles. In many ways, may have deepened inferiority & restrictions. But women participated in new scientific discoveries.

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WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

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  1. WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

  2. WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION EFFECT ON WOMEN • Little change in views of women’s inferiority or restriction of women’s roles • In many ways, may have deepened inferiority & restrictions • But women participated in new scientific discoveries

  3. WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY • Persistence of ancient ideas • Aristotle, Hippocrates & Galen • “Four humors” • Misconceptions about female physiology

  4. WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY • New views & discoveries • Greater accuracy in understanding female anatomy • Led to notion of pervasiveness of gender differences

  5. WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION WOMEN IN SCIENCE • MARIA CUNITZ(1604-1664) • Made important discoveries in astronomy • Proficient in 7 languages, mathematics, medicine, history, music, painting & poetry Crater Cunitz on Venus

  6. WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION WOMEN IN SCIENCE • MARGARET CAVENDISH (1623-1673) • Wrote 7 works of science & philosophy • Promoted individual rational capacity

  7. WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION WOMEN IN SCIENCE • ANNA MARIA VAN SCHURMAN (1607-1678) • Widely renowned for knowledge • Promoted women’s education for moral improvement

  8. WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION WOMEN IN SCIENCE • EMILIE DU CHATELET, (1706-1749) • First (and only) to translate Newton’s work into French • Published own original works building on Newtonian ideas

  9. WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION PERISTENCE OF OLD BELIEFS • Demons, devils • Witch Hunts • SABBATS, ritual murder, cannibalism • 15th - 18th centuries: @ 100,000 executed for witchcraft

  10. WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION PERISTENCE OF OLD BELIEFS • Witch Hunts • 82% of accused = women • Accusations included strong sexual component • Targets = • non-conforming women • marginalized women • midwives

  11. WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION PERISTENCE OF OLD BELIEFS • Witch Hunts • First conducted by religious authorities • Process taken over by secular courts by 17th c. • Used torture to extract “confessions” “Water torture” “Witch chair”

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