Piamarie Lindahl
Loughman
Capstone European History
2 November 2016
Research Project Proposal
Proposal title : Women’s Status Affects Scientific Research
Research Question: How did the woman status affect the works of Maria Winkelmann Kirch during the scientific revolution.
Between the 15th and the 16th century, Maria Winkelmann Kirch became a German astronomer regardless of the obstacles that faced many female scientists. Winkelmann strongly believed that she equally deserved the type of education that the men in general received. Even though her status left her high and dry in terms of getting proper education, her father as well as her uncle respected her wishes and educated her. As she grew particularly interested in astronomy and eventually studied …show more content…
Because she was a woman, her prediction of a conjunction of the Sun, Saturn, and Venus was not truly acknowledged even though it did occur in the early 1700s.
Winkelmann raised her children around her enthusiasm for astronomy and eventually they followed her steps of profession in the sciences. After her Gottfried passes away,
Winkelmann tries to continue her husband’s work at the Royal Berlin Academy of Sciences, however the academy members felt that it would be embarrassing for a woman to be appointed to continue a former scientist’s work. However, Winkelmann did not it stop her. She became a very faithful assistant to many significant scientists during her time.
Not only did the Scientific Revolution degraded Winkelmann’s exceptional discoveries, but it also limited her to only being an assistant to those who mainly took her work for their own.
Secondary Source:
Women in during the Scientific Revolution, only a minimal amount of women were able to participate in new scientific activities. One of these being Margaret Cavendish and Maria
Winkelmann Kirch. They were both involved with the Royal Society and were exposed to
Loughman
Capstone European History
2 November 2016
Research Project Proposal
Proposal title : Women’s Status Affects Scientific Research
Research Question: How did the woman status affect the works of Maria Winkelmann Kirch during the scientific revolution.
Between the 15th and the 16th century, Maria Winkelmann Kirch became a German astronomer regardless of the obstacles that faced many female scientists. Winkelmann strongly believed that she equally deserved the type of education that the men in general received. Even though her status left her high and dry in terms of getting proper education, her father as well as her uncle respected her wishes and educated her. As she grew particularly interested in astronomy and eventually studied …show more content…
Because she was a woman, her prediction of a conjunction of the Sun, Saturn, and Venus was not truly acknowledged even though it did occur in the early 1700s.
Winkelmann raised her children around her enthusiasm for astronomy and eventually they followed her steps of profession in the sciences. After her Gottfried passes away,
Winkelmann tries to continue her husband’s work at the Royal Berlin Academy of Sciences, however the academy members felt that it would be embarrassing for a woman to be appointed to continue a former scientist’s work. However, Winkelmann did not it stop her. She became a very faithful assistant to many significant scientists during her time.
Not only did the Scientific Revolution degraded Winkelmann’s exceptional discoveries, but it also limited her to only being an assistant to those who mainly took her work for their own.
Secondary Source:
Women in during the Scientific Revolution, only a minimal amount of women were able to participate in new scientific activities. One of these being Margaret Cavendish and Maria
Winkelmann Kirch. They were both involved with the Royal Society and were exposed to