Women, Science and Medicine 1500-1700: Mothers and Sisters of the Royal Society

by Lynette Hunter

From 1500 to 1700, women made a substantial contribution to the development of science, medicine, technology and the philosophy of ideas. The contributors provide studies on women in science and medicine, and explore methodologies for women's history. This collection throws light on the achievements of women in the fields of science, medicine and technology and offers a basis for reconsidering discipline boundaries which have conspired to write women out of much intellectual history.

Paperback

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

Hunter is Distinguished Professor Emerita of the History of Rhetoric and Performance at the University of California, Davis, and Professor Emeritus in Rhetoric at Gresham College, City of London. She has written or co-written over 25 books in performance studies, feminist philosophy, the politics of decolonial and alterior aesthetics, and the history of rhetoric and performance, including Critiques of Knowing (Routledge, 1999).

Reviews

[Jamie]

Medical anthropology with women as the main topic.