During the Scientific Revolution and even much before it, Women were seen as weak minded, distracted if not wanting a husband,and that they were not speaking truth if they had their own ideas about different topics. Women of the time were often quiet towards the ideas of speaking up or out about ideas that were against those of a man or those of the catholic church. The heliocentric idea of the universe, although was published in 16th century, it was still widely disowned by the Catholic Church, who believed in a geocentric view of our solar system because there was “no proof of the Earth moving”. This lead to the development of the Scientific Method which was developed by both Francis Bacon and René Descartes. The scientific Revolution allowed women to increase equality through creation of accurate theories through theses, mostly accurate data, and it made Men consider Women’s ideas and not just think that they were crazy because they decided to have different views than the Men. …show more content…
“Usually one thinks of a learned woman as neurotic. And should she ever go beyond the study of literature into higher sciences, one knows in advance that her clothing will be neglected and her hair will be done in antiquarian fashion.”(Doc 7). The author of this document is unknown, but it was published by the Göttingen newspaper and it was about the first woman to receive a Phd from a German University. It was written to show the negativity men show towards women if they try to increase their knowledge and force themselves into science. “Never have I made a greater sacrifice to reason”(Doc 6) The author was a female aristocrat and scientist in France. She was also very wealth due to her status. She translated Newton’s “Principia” into French and she was still thought of as not smart enough because she was a