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The Contest for Knowledge: Debates over Women's Learning in Eighteenth-Century Italy (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe) (1st Edition) by Maria Gaetana (Editor) Agnesi, Diamante Medaglia Faini, Rebecca Messbarger (Translator), Paula Findlen (Translator), Accademia De' Ricovrati, Rebecca Marie (Editor) Messbarger, Accademia Di Padova Paperback, 214 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-226-01055-4 / 0226010554 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-01055-7 / 9780226010557 At a time when women were generally excluded from scholarly discourse in the intellectual centers of Europe, four extraordinary female letterate proved their parity as they lectured in prominent scientific and literary academies and published in respected journals. During the Italian Enlightenment, |