Teaching

Laura Bassi on Struggle

In: 18th Century Women, Motherhood, Science

Tagged: Bologna, Female Education, Italian, Newton, Physicist, Teaching

Laura Maria Caterina Bassi Veratti (1711 – 1778), an ItalianRead More →

Laura Towne on Repairing Books

In: 19th Century Women, Abolition, Civil War, Education

Tagged: Slavery, Teaching, Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania

Laura Matilda Towne was a trained homeopathic physician. However, she was also an abolitionist. When calls went out for volunteers to help the freed slaves in the Sea Islands of South Carolina, Towne volunteered to go.Read More →