by Michele Genthon | Aug 29, 2012 | MUSINGS, Reflecting
One woman leads to another and all women flow in a circle. I am drafting a historical novel about Elena Piscopia, the first woman to receive an academic degree and she was on my mind when I was reading Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt. When he referenced Hypatia I saw an...
by Michele Genthon | Aug 6, 2012 | MUSINGS, Reflecting
After reading about her in Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, I have been pondering the story of Hypatia. Sensing some parallels between Hypatia’s life and Elena Piscopia’s, I researched further to clarify my suspicions. Many of the facts of...
