Contents :
Introduction.- History.- Hypatia, 370-415.- From the Dark Ages to the Renaissance: the "Witch" of Agnesi, 1718-1799.- Emilie de Breteuil, Marquise du Chaatelet, 1706-1749.- Caroline Herschel, 1750-1848.- Sophie Germain, 1776-1831.- Mary Fairfax Somerville, 1780-1872.- Sonya Corvin-Krukovsky Kovalevsky, 1850-1891.- Emmy (Amalie) Noether, 1882-1935.- The golden age of mathematics.- The feminine mathtique.- Bibliography (p. 173-178)
