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Anne Fredrickson

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First Lady

In 1667 Margaret Cavendish was the first woman allowed to visit the all-male bastion of the Royal Society, a newly formed scientific society. Who was this woman?

Vanity Unfair

A 1904 caricature from Vanity Fair is a striking example of the role images played in creating the Marie Curie myth.