The Mind Has No Sex?: Women in the Origins of Modern Science by Londa Schiebinger

The Mind Has No Sex?: Women in the Origins of Modern Science

Londa Schiebinger

368 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history science challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
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As part of his attempt to secure a place for women in scientific culture, the Cartesian Fran�ois Poullain de la Barre asserted as long ago as 1673 that "the mind has no sex." In this rich and comprehensive history of women's contributions to the d...

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