When she was coming up in the world in the early to mid 1800s women were not in positions of prominence in the scientific community. This means her achievements are commonly tagged with the word first as in first woman. But reading the short bio of her on Wikipedia was most eye opening because there were many things about her I didn t know. She found out her salary at Vassar was lower than her male colleagues and she demanded a raise. At first the college tried to evade the issue and she continued to fight back. Eventually she won the day.
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