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The Contest for Knowledge: Debates Over Women's Learning in Eighteenth-Century Italy

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The Contest for Knowledge: Debates Over Women's Learning in Eighteenth-Century Italy - Agnesi, Maria Gaetana, and Messbarger, Rebecca (Translated by), and Findlen, Paula (Translated by)
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At a time when women were generally excluded from scholarly discourse in the intellectual centers of Europe, four extraordinary female letterate proved their parity as they lectured in prominent scientific and literary academies and published in respected journals. During the Italian Enlightenment, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Giuseppa Eleonora Barbapiccola, Diamante Medaglia Faini, and Aretafila Savini de' Rossi were afforded unprecedented deference in academic debates and epitomized the increasing ability of women to influence ...

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The Contest for Knowledge: Debates Over Women's Learning in Eighteenth-Century Italy 2005, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL

ISBN-13: 9780226010557

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The Contest for Knowledge: Debates Over Women's Learning in Eighteenth-Century Italy 2005, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL

ISBN-13: 9780226010540

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