Cristian Réka Mónika, Kérchy Anna (eds)

Pioneer Hungarian Women in Science and Education II


Erzsébet Légrády (1890–1972): The First Hungarian Woman with a Doctorate in Pharmacy

The people of Antiquity believed that gods and goddesses were free to pursue any vocation or trade, with no strings attached. For instance, Asclepius, son of Apollo, personified medicine on Mount Olympus. His attribute, the snake slithering out of a chalice, remains the symbol of pharmacies to this day. One of his daughters, Hygieia, was the patron of health; another, Panacea, was the goddess of universal medicine derived from plants.

Pioneer Hungarian Women in Science and Education II

Tartalomjegyzék


Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2023

ISBN: 978 963 454 927 7

In this sequel to the first volume of Pioneer Hungarian Women in Science and Education published in 2022, editors Réka M. Cristian and Anna Kérchy present the portraits of twenty-two prominent Hungarian women scholars, scientists and educators who made pioneering contributions to Hungary’s scientific achievement over the centuries. Some of the women introduced in the sixteen chapters come from traditional disciplines such as pharmacy, medicine, historiography, engineering, mathematics, archeology, psychology, and philosophy, while others furthered on fields not necessarily viewed, especially at the time, as science or scholarship proper, but which are nonetheless deeply intellectual, such as physical, special needs, reform, or music education, feminism, and historic preservation. The book offers a bird’s eye view summary of the accomplishments reached and challenges faced by these exceptional Hungarian female academics and intellectuals.

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/cristian-kerchy-pioneer-hungarian-women-in-science-and-education-ii//

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