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Women in the Scientific Revolution

Background. Why was there an absence of women in the new scientific movement?Querrelles des femmes

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Women in the Scientific Revolution

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    1. Women in the Scientific Revolution

    2. Background Why was there an absence of women in the new scientific movement? Querrelles des femmes – Debates/quarrels about the role of women. Most European institutions traditionally excluded women Usually had no influence in determining which scientists earned patronage. Women were not admitted to scientific societies

    3. Notable Women of Science Often worked with their husbands. Examples: 1) Margaret Cavendish – Understood the new science Was privately tutored. Widely read Critical of Royal Society of London Only woman allowed to visit Royal Society of London

    4. Margaret Cavendish

    5. Other Notable Women Maria Cunitiz – published a book on astronomy that many people believed her husband wrote. Elisabetha Hevelius – Worked with husband studying astronomy Maria Winkleman – Discovered a comet while working with her husband. Her application to the Berlin Academy was rejected after her husband passed away.

    6. Emilie du Chatelet – Aided Voltaire in popularizing Newton’s science in France. Despite this, ideas associated w/ science suggested that women were essentially different from, and inferior to, men. Pursuit of knowledge about the sciences was a male vocation.

    7. Royal Societies Governments/monarchs encouraged scientific inquiry as a means to further the prestige of the state and remain at the cutting edge of technology Scientific societies created a means by which scientists could communicate with each other internationally; this helped forge an international scientific community The Royal Society in England was perhaps the most successful and prestigious; founded in 1660. Other royal societies were created in Naples, France, Prussia (by Frederick I) and Russia (by Peter the Great)

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