![]() These are obviously extraordinary women-all three earned a place in the world of the arts or mathematics, areas which were regarded as male-dominated at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. ![]() The names of three women cited are: Marie Bashkirtseff (1858–1884), who rose to fame as a painter after her training in the Académie Julian in Paris Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855), the author best known for Jane Eyre, and Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850–1891), one of the most famous and celebrated mathematicians today. The excerpt below is taken from a newspaper article published in London in 1901. Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya Kunstbibliothek der Staatlichen Museen zu BerlinĪn old newspaper excerpt from The Daily Chronicle (London), dated May 6, 1901, lends a canvas to reflect on the historical origins of social stereotypes of women, particularly Sofia Kovalevskaya, who shot to fame in male-dominated creative fields. ![]()
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