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dc.contributor.authorMorrison, Amie
dc.contributor.authorFalconer, Isobel Jessie
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-10T16:30:02Z
dc.date.available2022-05-10T16:30:02Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier278277359
dc.identifier79baba02-ab0e-45af-ae7f-0fbcb7e5a07c
dc.identifier000787215600001
dc.identifier85130789725
dc.identifier.citationMorrison , A & Falconer , I J 2022 , ' Women's participation in mathematics in Scotland, 1730-1850 ' , British Journal for the History of Mathematics , vol. 37 , no. 1 , pp. 2-23 . https://doi.org/10.1080/26375451.2022.2053370en
dc.identifier.issn2637-5451
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-7076-9136/work/112333783
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/25339
dc.description.abstractThe eighteenth century saw a flourishing of scientific and philosophical thought throughout Scotland, known as the Scottish Enlightenment. The accomplishments of prominent male figures of this period have been well documented in all disciplines. However, studies of women’s experiences are relatively sparse. This paper partially corrects this oversight by drawing together evidence for women’s participation in mathematics in Scotland between 1730 and 1850. In considering women across all social classes, it argues for a broad definition of ‘mathematics’ that includes arithmetic and astronomy, and assesses women’s opportunities for engagement under three headings: education, family, and sociability. It concludes that certain elements of Scottish Enlightenment culture promoted wider participation by women in mathematical activities than has previously been recognized, but that such participation continued to be circumscribed by societal views of the role of women within family formation.
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dc.format.extent875548
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofBritish Journal for the History of Mathematicsen
dc.subjectEducationen
dc.subjectWomen’s historyen
dc.subjectHistory of mathematicsen
dc.subjectEnlightenmenten
dc.subjectScottish historyen
dc.subjectHN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reformen
dc.subjectJN1187 Scotlanden
dc.subjectQA Mathematicsen
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subject.lccHNen
dc.subject.lccJN1187en
dc.subject.lccQAen
dc.titleWomen's participation in mathematics in Scotland, 1730-1850en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Pure Mathematicsen
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/26375451.2022.2053370
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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