Women and Science. The keys to equality

Abstract

The traditional exclusion of women from the public sphere, from education, politics, art and culture, as well as women’s confinement to the domestic realm, have –little by little– undergone steady change since the Enlightenment, with the liberalisation of society and women’s progressive admittance to public life. From a feminine world revolving around motherhood, women have taken over new spheres, conquering rights and social roles bestowed regardless of gender, namely universal civil rights, suffrage, education and non-discrimination.