Abstract

SANTOS, Adelina Pinheiro  and  TOSI, Lucía. Recuperai' Methis: What has become of this knowledge?. Rev. Estud. Fem. [online]. 1996, vol.04, n.02, pp.355-380. ISSN 1806-9584.

The aim of this assay is to recover from oblivion women s achievements in scientific and technical domains from ancient times to Renaissance We take into consideration the social politica and economic context that characterize the different historical periods and emphasizing the influence of religious authorities and other male conspicuous representatives of the intellectual milieu in preventing or restraining women s access to education to science or to medicine We point out nevertheless the special circumstances in which women managed to overcome many such obstructions and were able to learn to teach to practice science and medicine and to publish treatises that in some cases have not survive. The contributions of such outstanding women are treated In some detail as well as those of numerous anonymous women practitioners In several technical fields and medicine.