E-text prepared by Bryan Ness, Josephine Paolucci, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries. See http://www.archive.org/details/womaninsciencewi00mozaiala WOMAN IN SCIENCE With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by H. J. MOZANS, A.M., PH.D. Author of "Up the Orinoco and Down the Magdalena," "Along the Andes and Down the Amazon," etc. [Illustration] Que e piu bella in donna que savere? DANTE, CONVITO. New York and London D. Appleton and Company 1913 Copyright, 1913, by D. Appleton and Company Printed in the United States of America TO MRS. CHARLES M. SCHWAB AS A SLIGHT TRIBUTE TO HER CHARMING PERSONALITY GOODNESS OF HEART AND NOBILITY OF SOUL THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED WITH THE BEST WISHES OF THE AUTHOR. PREFACE The following pages are the outcome of studies begun many years ago in Greece and Italy. While wandering through the famed and picturesque land of the Hellenes, rejoicing in the countless beauties of the islands of the Ionian and Aegean seas or scaling the heights of Helicon and Parnassus, all so redolent of the storied past, I saw on every side tangible evidence of that marvelous race of men and women whose matchless achievements have been the delight and inspiration of the world for nearly three thousand years. But it was especially while contemplating, from the portico of the Parthenon, the magnificent vista which there meets the charmed vision, that I first fully experienced the spell of the favored land of Hellas, so long the home of beauty and of intellect. The scene before me was indeed enchanting beyond expression; for, every ruin, every marble column, every rock had its history, and evoked the most precious memories of men of godlike thoughts and of "A thousand glorious actions that may claim Triumphal laurels and immortal fame."