Of women in America, who have distinguished themselves by their work in the higher mathematics, it suffices to mention the name of Miss Charlotte Angas Scott, recently deceased, who was for years professor of mathematics in the College of Bryn Mawr. Her writings on various problems of the higher mathematics show that she faithfully followed in the footsteps of her illustrious predecessors,--Hypatia, Agnesi, du Chatelet, Germain, Somerville and Kovalevsky. FOOTNOTES: [108] "Ipse mulieres Philosophas in libris Veterum sexaginta quinque reperi," _Historia Mulierum Philosopharum_, p. 3, Amstelodami, 1692. [109] Plato had inscribed above the entrance of his school, [Greek: Oudeis ageometretos eisito]. Let no one enter here who is not a geometer. [110] Menagius in referring to this matter, op. cit., p. 37, writes as follows: "Meritrices Graecas plerasque humanioribus literis et mathematicis disciplinis operam dedisse notat Athenaeus." [111] The sentiment of the Greek epigram is well expressed in the following Latin verses: "Quando intueor te, adoro, et sermones, Virginis domum sideream intuens. E coelis enim tua sunt opera, Hypatia casta, sermonum venustas, Impollutum astrum sapientis doctrinae." [112] Among modern works on Hypatia may be mentioned _Hypatia, die Philosophin von Alexandria_, by St. Wolt, Vienna, 1879; _Hypatia von Alexandria_, by W. A. Meyer, Heidelberg, 1886; _Ipazia Alessandrina_, by D. Guido Bigoni, Venize, 1887, and _De Hypatia_, by B. Ligier, Dijon, 1879. [113] Ambrosius in his preface to the works of Abelard and Heloise refers to the latter as "Clarum sui sexus sidus et ornamentum," and declares "necnon mathesin, philosophiam et theologiam a viro suo edocta, illo solo minor fuit." [114] Mazzuchelli says of her in his _Museo_, "Sembra non avervi nella Natura cosa la piu intralciata ed oscura nelle storie, ne finalemente la piu astrusa nelle matematiche e nelle mecchaniche, che a lei conta non sia e palese, e che sfugga la capacita del suo spirito." _Dizionario Biografico_, Vol. I, p. 122, by Ambrogio Levati, Milano, 1821. [115] _Delle Donne Illustri Italiane del XIII al XIX Secolo_, p. 268, Roma. [116] The full title of this celebrated discourse is _Oratio qua ostenditur Artium liberalium studia a Faemineo sexu neutiquam abhorere, habita a Maria de Agnesis Rhetoricae Operam Dante, Anno aetatis suae nono nondum exacto, die 18, Augusti, 1727_. It is found at the end of a work entitled _Discorsi Academici di varj autori Viventi intorno agli Stuj delle Donne in Padova_, 1729. This subject, it may be remarked, frequently engaged the attention of Maria Gaetana as she advanced in years, for we find it among the questions discussed in her _Propositiones Philosophicae_, pp. 2 and 3, Mediolani, 1738.