#21 An Early Chemist Whose Research Was Stolen & A Woman Tutored By The Pope

Welcome back listeners! Come and join the podcasting friends Annie and Andrea as they get stuck in to more historical stories and long lost tales! As usual, it's all served up with laughs and tangents on everything from the uniform of art teachers to a tangent about a previous tangent!Join Andrea as she follows a young, black woman in early 20th Century America. most Universities won't even accept her application, but with sheer determination she makes great strides in Chemistry; Until a University President likes the look of her groundbreaking work with leprosy just a little too much...Then Annie is diving into Italian history with a student who decides just one thesis won't prove her ability, or even two...or ten....The patriarchy klaxon is sounding loud and clear, but luckily she knows a few important people, and when even the Pope recognises your genius, you know you're destined for great things!For this episode Andrea used these sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ballhttps://scientificwomen.net/women/ball-alice-121https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/obituaries/alice-ball-overlooked.htmlFor this episode Annie used these sources:https://www.britannica.com/biography/Laura-Bassihttps://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/laura-bassi-one-of-the-first-women-in-scienceWhere you can find us:https://www.instagram.com/mostlyunsung/https://www.facebook.com/share/16J4vuMy1h/https://www.tiktok.com/@[email protected] you next Wednesday!