So where are all the women geniuses, because all i hear about are, Einstein, Tesla, Edison and Newton?

Answer 1

There are a few, such as Hypatia, Maria Curie, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Madame De Stael and Sofia Kovalevskaya. You must also take into consideration that in the past women were not given the choice of education or being a wife and mother. It was frowned upon and women were regarded as 'unnatural', if they chose not to dedicate their lives to home and family. Give it time, my dear man ... women are on their way. :)

Answer 2

This does not sound like the most constructive direction to go! But let me jump in with a few observations.

First, I don't see why ANY of us should get too invested in this -- unless WE are geniuses ourselves. I cannot take credit or blame IF more men than women are geniuses NOR if more are idiots. In fact, I have heard it suggested that there are more men at BOTH extremes --geniuses AND idiots. . . and social misfits. If so, there may be some ill-understood genetic oddity behind it (Y-chromosome related? who knows!)

In any case, there have certainly been BOTH men and women "geniuses" (however we might precisely define the term). And different social roles and opportunities through history MAY play a role in the opportunities for such an ability to be expressed. Of course, many other differences in opportunities come into play as well (e.g., relative wealth of one's family and society, regardless of the individual's gender). And in that light we ought ALL to be thankful that we have far more opportunities to learn and use our talents than our forebears did.

There are ALSO some apparent trends that have something (again, who knows what) to do with gender. Note that we're not talking about EVERY man and woman -- not even close-- but about statistics of whole groups. It appears, for instance, that when taken as a GROUP, men do better in math. (Oops! Dangerous suggestion.... guess they'll boot me out of the Presidency of Harvard now!)

BTW, I say that as a father of TWO 'math-heads', a daughter and son, who both run rings around me! (My son happens to be a bit brighter -- than ALL of use, in fact-- but his sister is no slouch, and is much more disciplined.) So, I think it's foolish to jump to any conclusions about any individual based on gender, or to credit (or blame) someone for something that may be a more common trait for people of their gender. But it's silly not to even examine whether there ARE such tendencies... and whether that might shape such things as how we plan our educational system to take account of these relative strengths and weaknesses.

Perhaps given the greater opportunity in modern society for ANY brilliant person to shine we'll be able to make a more balanced assessment of all this in a century or two. Meanwhile, let's appreciate the gifts the gifted offer our society, WHATEVER their individual genetic makeup.

Answer 3

I tend to think that people *see* what they *believe*, and so the person who believes there are no women geniuses is unlikely to find any. We do create our own reality.

Our culture of minimizing the contributions of women has a very long history and only in recent times have women started to escape from "biological destiny". However, discrimination based on gender is still ingrained in many minds, even minds of women. I think it is difficult for humanity to cast aside the beliefs of hundreds (maybe thousands) of years. It is a testament to the strength of women that they have been able to gain personal freedom in today's society.

A final note, which I'm surprised no one has mentioned: the very term "history" implies *his* story. It was written mostly by men and might read very differently had it been written by women (if, indeed, the women of antiquity had even been able to write!).

There ya go.

Answer 4

There are women geniuses, but do remember that it hasn't been that long, in the broad scheme of things, that women were really accepted as equals in a lot mental realms. Before women's suffrage and the women's rights movements, one of the only ways for women to be both a scientist and respected was to be a nun in the Catholic Church.
As a sidenote, it's a little odd that at one time the Catholic church was the best means of upward mobility for women, and now women in the church are "oppressed" compared to women outside of it.

Answer 5

Start with Madam Curie and Ada Lovelace. Go to library for books in ignored women in the sciences.
Then get you head around the idea that geniuses are not just in Science, but in Creative Arts, Writing, Diplomacy, Business, Economics, etc. So go look at Nobel Prize winners and winners of the MacArthur Genius Grants http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.959463/k.9D7D/Fellows_Program.htm.

Answer 6

During the times of edison, etc. Women were treated as inferior..and had to comply with the rules of a hegemonist society. They were unable to receive an education. They had to tend to their domestic duties

Answer 7

Except warriors as Bodicae and Joan of Arc and Mary mother of whom you know, what are the name of famous women before Marie Curie ?
Somebody censored them, may be the yamster of their time.

Answer 8

In those days of society women where overlooked by men and not heard by people of importance. So they could have looked for a man to use to show their genuis to the world, the downside of this is however the man got the place in history for something they may not have achevived themselves.

einstien for example was a lorry driver or something when his genius was So called discovered). its intresting to note that his genuis was not discovered in education.

newton for example, named a force gravity when an apple hit him on the head. the force that moves at 10 meters per secound squared on earth. but what about planets the fluctuate in different velocitys of gravity and does gravity determine the motion at which we think time passes. spectrum of light is very convient( only possible form a dimound in those days or glass).

the spectrum of light - the spliting of pure colours into the seven in a rainbow. why would the man think of the rainbow?.

a women for example might think of a rainbow in those times as a sign to wear a particular colour depending on which part of the rainbow they saw first and this however happened with the dimound in her room when light was shining on it.

don't know who telsa or edison is but this may be enough to cause thought through the hearts of everyone.

famous women are those who have played the part of a man in some part of there lives. so thats why joan is mentioned but she was no genuis she was a warrior.

this is an opinion based of sources of material for example

Answer 9

To answer your question, take either science or literature, and you will find some women of extreme intelligence in them. But its an unfair question, because for most people, either gender or position (your two criteria) are pretty irrelevant.

Answer 10

Madame Curie(Marie Curie)
She is one of only two people who have been awarded a Nobel Prize in two different fields