Article ID: CBB123830478

Becoming Visible: Marie-Anne Paulze-Lavoisier and the Campaign for the “New Chemistry” (1770s-1790s) (2022)

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This paper examines an episode of the history of chemistry, the campaign for the promotion of so-called “new chemistry,” dating to the second half of the 1780s, to investigate the ways in which women could build their own reputation. I focus on the case of Marie-Anne Paulze-Lavoisier (1758–1836), today known as the wife and scientific associate of the French chemist Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794). Drawing on a wide set of published and unpublished sources – laboratory notebooks, travel diaries, letters, and drawings – I will delve deeper into their collaboration, showing how Paulze-Lavoisier appropriated the campaign for the new chemistry to appear as a visible actor in the scientific circles of the time. I will then highlight the multiple self-representations she produced while participating in these events.

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Article Elena Serrano; Joris Mercelis; Annette Lykknes (2022) 'I am not a Lady, I am a Scientist.': Chemistry, Women, and Gender in the Enlightenment and the Era of Professional Science. Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (pp. 203-220). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Kawashima, Keiko
Beretta, Marco
Mainz, Vera V.
Sandro Tirini
Antonelli, Francesca
Vidal, Mary
Concepts
Chemistry
Women in science
Science and gender
Laboratory notebooks
Biographies
Scientific illustration
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
21st century
20th century
Places
France
Naples (Italy)
United States
Spain
Great Britain
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