Michelle Medeiros is assistant professor of Spanish at Marquette University.

Gender, Science, and Authority in Women's Travel Writing by Michelle Medeiros is a remarkable book that examines the fundamental work of women travelers in scientific discourses and circles through their alternate visibility as transatlantic subjects. The book moreover unveils important archival material that adds to our knowledge of their role in complex social networks. An important contribution to our understanding of science in the nineteenth century.

• Chapter 1 - Shaping Scientific Knowledge: Maria Graham’s Travels in Nineteenth-Century Chapter 2 - Gertrudis Gómez de Avelleneda’s Travel Writings: Beyond Optical Illusions of the SoulChapter 3 - Nísia Floresta Voyages through Europe: Transatlantic Perspectives on Nature, Progress, and Women’s EducationChapter 4 - Beyond the Laboratory Walls: Doris Cochran’s Strategies to Build a Reputation as a Scientist in the Early Twentieth-Century

Michelle Medeiros is assistant professor of Spanish at Marquette University.

Gender, Science, and Authority in Women's Travel Writing by Michelle Medeiros is a remarkable book that examines the fundamental work of women travelers in scientific discourses and circles through their alternate visibility as transatlantic subjects. The book moreover unveils important archival material that adds to our knowledge of their role in complex social networks. An important contribution to our understanding of science in the nineteenth century.

• Chapter 1 - Shaping Scientific Knowledge: Maria Graham’s Travels in Nineteenth-Century Chapter 2 - Gertrudis Gómez de Avelleneda’s Travel Writings: Beyond Optical Illusions of the SoulChapter 3 - Nísia Floresta Voyages through Europe: Transatlantic Perspectives on Nature, Progress, and Women’s EducationChapter 4 - Beyond the Laboratory Walls: Doris Cochran’s Strategies to Build a Reputation as a Scientist in the Early Twentieth-Century

Michelle Medeiros is assistant professor of Spanish at Marquette University.

Gender, Science, and Authority in Women's Travel Writing by Michelle Medeiros is a remarkable book that examines the fundamental work of women travelers in scientific discourses and circles through their alternate visibility as transatlantic subjects. The book moreover unveils important archival material that adds to our knowledge of their role in complex social networks. An important contribution to our understanding of science in the nineteenth century.

• Chapter 1 - Shaping Scientific Knowledge: Maria Graham’s Travels in Nineteenth-Century Chapter 2 - Gertrudis Gómez de Avelleneda’s Travel Writings: Beyond Optical Illusions of the SoulChapter 3 - Nísia Floresta Voyages through Europe: Transatlantic Perspectives on Nature, Progress, and Women’s EducationChapter 4 - Beyond the Laboratory Walls: Doris Cochran’s Strategies to Build a Reputation as a Scientist in the Early Twentieth-Century