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Perhaps the time during the European Scientific Revolution was one of the most progressive times in European history at an intellectual standpoint. Scientists like Newton and Galileo are widely discussed today and names of common knowledge for many. It cannot be argued that they are some of the most popular European scientists known. Science for women was different. Female scientist Margaret Cavendish said it best herself, that she has “lived to see and be in many changes of fortune and to converse with many men of sundry nations, ages, qualities, tempers, capacities, abilities, wits, humours, fashions, and customs (Aughterson).” Even though Cavendish conversed with these men, doesn't necessarily mean that she was at first respected and positively …show more content…

This meant that a goal men had was to better the human condition physically and mentally, which included bettering the human condition for women too and that education for not just men was considered. Before this time period, women were encouraged to lead on traditional roles of being housewives and caring for their children, but it was during the turn of the century that women were looked upon differently. “Sir Thomas More was one such advocate and is held responsible for the decision to advance the education of upper class English women of the 16th century in such subjects as “classical literature, philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, physics, logic and rhetoric (Hasan).” It was humanism that allowed women to recieve an education, and in exchange advance their knowledge in the sciences enough to make discoveries and conclusions big enough to be credited by …show more content…

Most men focused objective studies like mathematics and physics, while women were interested in natural sciences. “It had been observed that within America and Europe, many women were highly interested in natural sciences. Those women used to study the researches and theories of the male scientists of that time, and generated practical application with the help of new knowledge of those theories. The scientific fields in which women were mostly interested were Medicine, Natural History, Chemistry, Physics, Physical Geography, Mathematics, Astronomy, Horticulture and Botany (Role).” Because women were studying something different, they were recognized for that and allowed into the scientific community during the period of the Scientific

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