Hypatia's heritage: A history of women in science from antiquity to the late nineteenth century

Abstract

This work reaffirms women's substantial contributions to scientific knowledge throughout ages, revisiting names such as Hypatia of Alexandra, astrologer and philosopher Hildegaard of Bingen, Lady Mary Montegu - who developed inoculation against smallpox, chemist Marie Levoissier, Caroline Hershel - a renowned astrologer, Ada Lovelace - whose work contributed to beginnings of computer science, Mary Somerville the queen of 19th-century science and, of course, Marie Curie. In doing so she both reinforces women's contributions to history and outlines precedents for women making great strides in contemporary science.

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