The 16th and 17th century when most of women didn’t have any power and were mistreated dramatically my gender. Their tasks were to stay home, cook, clean and making everything perfect. According to Ruth Watt’s article Gender, Science and Modernity in Seventeenth-century England, women were not well educated and they were excluded from formal educational institutions such as the grammar school and the university. There are few factors that play a role in here. For instance, at that time witchcraft was a big deal and church was just breathing on your back. It’s clearly that if a women were to have some sort of a break through or discovery in science she would be automatically accused of witchcraft. “Women had their scientific impulses restrained by gendered notions.” (Watts) Men had a lot of control and church was able to stimulate that control for years. As the bad times slowly went by, women naturally started to have a place in science through their culinary and medical roles. A woman like Bathsua Makin and Anna Maria van Schurmann were able to provide an education for girls and ability to learn and use a range of sciences and mathematics in an extended female role. It was a big step and giant leap for women and science.
Thinking about today's society I found asking myself this simple question: What is liberation for women today? Well, it’s everything that surrounds women today like love, money and power. Women use liberation to become free and do what ever they want. I found a short video of women who talked about this subject matter, and it’s amazing to hear and see how women became who they are today.
Thank you for reading,
-Andrei
Reference:
Watts, Ruth. "Gender, science and modernity in seventeenth-century England." Paedagogica Historica. 2005. 41, 1, 79-93. ISSN: 0030-9230.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1NdnG4NyyM
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