Category: Women in science
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Sarah of Saint-Gilles: a medieval woman doctor and teacher
Sarah de Sancto Aegidio (of St. Gilles) was a Jewish medieval female doctor who lived in Marseille in the 14th century.… Read more.
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Jeanne Villepreux Power: the woman who invented the first aquarium
Who invented the aquarium? Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794-1871), a brilliant self-taught marine biologist, did. Yet, her name has been completely forgotten… Read more.