INDEX 



429 



Aspasia, of Miletus, 12-14, 16, 



17, 26. 



Aspasia, physician, 199, 270. 

 Assisi, St. Francis, 358. 

 Astrolabe, invention of, by Hy- 



patia, 140, 200. 

 Astronomical Canon, Hypatia 's, 



140, 168. 

 Astronomical Society of France, 



Dorothea Klumpke first woman 



member of, 194. 

 Astronomic des Dames, La- 



lande's, 178, 181. 

 Astronomy, achievements of Hy- 

 patia in, 139, 200-201; women 



in, 167-196. 

 At Susa by Mme. Dieulafoy, 320 



footnote. 

 Athenaeus, 137. 

 Athens, position of women in, 



3-5, 16, 18, 19, 199, 414, 415 ;~ 



culture of, 404. 

 Attica, 198. 



Aucassin et Nicolette, 275. 

 Augustus, Emperor, 19, 24. 

 Aurelia, mother of Julius Caesar, 



22. 



Austen, Jane, 98. 

 Auzoux, Dr., 236. 

 Ayrton, Mrs. W. E., achieve- 

 ments of, in electricity, 212, 



230. 



Baker, Lady, wife of Sir Samuel 

 Baker, 374. 



Balzac, 88. 



Barbapiccola, Eleonora, of Sa- 

 lerno, 76. 



Bascom, Florence, 254. 



Bassani, Signora, lacemaker, 337. 



Bassi, Laura, 78, 79, 147, 148, 

 203-209, 210, 211, 212, 298; 

 birth of, at Bologna, 203; 



Doctorate of Physics bestowed 



upon, 204; letters of Voltaire 



to, 207. 



Bazzani, Doctor, 204. 

 Beatrice, 357, 361. 

 Beausoleil, Baroness de, 238-240. 

 Becquerel, M. H., 223, 227, 228. 

 Beethoven, 359. 

 Bellini, 66. 

 Bembo, Cardinal, 61, 63; in 



praise of Elizabetta Gonzaga, 



67. 

 Benedict XIV, 78, 147, 148, 203, 



204, 228. 

 Berlin Academy of Sciences, 



371. 



Bern, University of, 304. 

 Bernouilli, Jean, 152. 

 Bernstein, Dr. Julius, on intel- 

 lectual capacity of women, 



133. 



Berthollet, 216. 

 Besant, Sir Walter, quoted, 102- 



105. 



Bianchetti, Giovanna, 298. 

 Bianchetti, Maddalena, 298. 

 Biheron, Mile., 238. 

 Biology, 245, 254; as a basis 



for woman's equality with 



man, 399. 

 Biot, 154, 216; in praise of 



Sophie Germain, 156. 

 Bishop, Isabella Bird, 256. 

 Blackwell, Miss Elizabeth, phy- 

 sician, 300-304, 305, 307. 

 Bobinski, Countess, 196. 

 Boccaccio, 197. 

 Bocchi, Dorotea, 298. 

 Boileau's satire on Mme. de la 



Sabliere, 172. 

 Boke of the Cy'te of Ladyes, 



quoted from, 106, 107, 108. 

 Boleyn, Anne, 69. 



