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...studied their illnesses and wrote two books of medical and pharmaceutical advice. She composed extensive religious poems, music and a play. But her major works are books of theology, some of which are based upon her visions. Her surviving works also include more than a hundred letters to emperors and popes, bishops, nuns, and nobility, which reflect her single-mindedness,...

...study the history of working movements and led a campaign to encourage women workers to fight for their own interests against their employers, against middle-class feminism and, as she saw it, against the male conservatism of socialist organizations. As a member of the revolutionary government Kollontai was able to implement the reforms she had long advocated. She was...

...study with her as her skill in combining the theoretical and experimental aspects of physics became well known. She was a key figure in introducing Newton’s physics and philosophy to Italy. She wrote extensively but is hardly known today, possibly because only four of her papers appeared in print during or after her lifetime." Order our free booklet of postcards with...