Scientific discovery was slower when women were ignored, research shows
Scientific discovery was slower when women were ignored, research shows
Dec 11 2025, 7:33 PM
https://archive.ph/AJjAX
Quote:As far as nicknames go, the moniker “Mad Madge” would not suggest that Margaret Cavendish enjoyed the full respect of her peers.
A poet, philosopher, scientist, playwright and fiction writer, the 17th-century duchess had a multitude of disciplines and was published under her own name in a period when women writers were either anonymous or ignored.
But Cavendish’s work at the time, while widely discussed, was often dismissed, particularly by fellow scientists, explained Sarah Connell, associate director of the NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science.
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https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/12/11/discovering-the-lost-women-of-science/
https://archive.ph/AJjAX
Quote:As far as nicknames go, the moniker “Mad Madge” would not suggest that Margaret Cavendish enjoyed the full respect of her peers.
A poet, philosopher, scientist, playwright and fiction writer, the 17th-century duchess had a multitude of disciplines and was published under her own name in a period when women writers were either anonymous or ignored.
But Cavendish’s work at the time, while widely discussed, was often dismissed, particularly by fellow scientists, explained Sarah Connell, associate director of the NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science.
