During our Scientific Revolution classes we have talked about the woman's role in the scientific revolution. It seems that all of the recorded history has been mainly in favor of men. I believe that although most of the discoveries were made by men, it can't be possible that all of these breakthroughs were purely male. Somewhere in time, there must have been a woman who gave advise to a great philosopher or artist. Many things is history don't give enough credit to females.
The article gender science and modernity gives the reader a little insight to how things were going in England during the seventeenth century. This article tells about how society viewed women. Women were thought of as property instead of people, very different from our society today. The article talks about how women were supposed to keep up on chores around the house, while the mans job was to work and make money for the family. The woman was supposed to care for children and make sure everything is clean and tidy.
After thinking about this, it's not hard to figure out why women were not recorded in history. It's very possible that the first person to write about medicine, learned it from a woman, and recorded it as his own. Always something to think about.
thanks for reading
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=57XBJbnOrQg
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