Not likely. Hypatia wasn't even the only educated woman in Alexandria.
mathematician, scientist, and philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria was a woman who was born in 350-370 A.D. and died in 415 A.D. She was the first notable woman in mathematics. She was the leading philosopher of her day, and the last of the great philosophers in the ancient Greek tradition. She was the daughter of Theon. There is no record of her mother. Click on the link below for more information.
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman doctor.
Hypatia born between AD 350 and 370; died March 415) was aGreek[1][2] scholar from Alexandria, Egypt, considered the first notable woman in mathematics,[3][4][5] who also taught philosophy and astronomy.[6] She lived in Roman Egypt, and was killed by a Christian mob who accused her of causing religious turmoil.[7]
Each religion has its own myths. To the Greeks, Pandora was the first woman; to the Hebrews, Eve was the first woman.
The first woman vicar in the UK was Ayesha , the most idoit woman in the entire history !
Hypatia was the first woman mathematician and she was famous for doing philosophy and science.
It is about one woman - Hypatia, a philosopher/scientist in Alexandria.
Because she was a highly educated woman, who was brutally murdered.
Jane GoodallI think she should be remembered because she inspired people to study chimpanzees and was one of the first woman to study chimps
Hypatia comes to mind - she operated at the Library of Alexandria 3rd Century. She was good enough for the local bishop to get a mob to attack her and skin her alive.
The first Indian woman to travel abroad was Rukhmabai. She went to England in 1889 to study medicine.
The cast of Maths Degree - 2010 includes: Katerina Dimitroglou as Woman Stelios Hliaras as Man Dora Kalesi as Sales woman 2 Christina Kapadoha as Sales woman 1 Giorgos Lountzis as Man in the Park Mihalis Titopoulos as Lawyer
Maria Agnesi was an Italian linguist, mathematician, and philosopher.Agnesi is credited with writing the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus.She was an honorary member of the faculty at the University of Bologna. According to Dirk Jan Struik, Agnesi is "the first important woman mathematician since Hypatia(fifth century A.D.)".
Madame Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in 1911 due to the isolation of radium and the study of its chemical properties.
Hypatia of Alexandria was the only famous woman scholar of ancient Egypt. She did write many books on mathematics and philosophy, but all of her works were lost or destroyed. The only records we have of her life and the books she wrote are pieced together from letters between Hypatia and her colleagues.Sources:"Hypatia of Alexandria." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 10 Nov. 2011."Hypatia of Alexandria." Astronomy & Space: From the Big Bang to the Big Crunch. Gale, 2008. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 10 Nov. 2011.I got these sources from a database my library makes available to our patrons. It's called Biography in Context, and it allows you access to all sorts of biographical resources even when the library isn't open! Check with your local library to see if they have any databases like this - it makes research a snap!
mathematician, scientist, and philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria was a woman who was born in 350-370 A.D. and died in 415 A.D. She was the first notable woman in mathematics. She was the leading philosopher of her day, and the last of the great philosophers in the ancient Greek tradition. She was the daughter of Theon. There is no record of her mother. Click on the link below for more information.
eve,the first woman in the world.