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quote:http://www.africa.upenn.edu/K-12/African_Science.html
8. Beatrice Lumpkin (1988) and Margaret Alic (1986) have both described the life of Hypatia, " For fifteen centuries Hypatia was often considered to be the only female scientist in history.
FIFTEEN CENTURIES!!!!!!!!!!!! Good lawd..
and the ONLY female scientist....????
See, I studied her just a bit as a philosophy major....
How many more of our sheroes have been overlooked?
In the old days... there was a goddess for every god... and it reflected in the cultural status of the women...
but I digress....
Kudos for this thread..
Peace,
Khalliqa