Monique Frize is a Canadian biomedical engineer and trailblazer for women in STEM. She became the first woman to graduate in engineering from the University of Ottawa in 1966. Her career spans clinical engineering, academia, and leadership in advancing gender equity. She held the NSERC/Nortel Chair for Women in Science and Engineering in Ontario and prior to that she held the first Northen Telecom Chair for women in engineering at UNB. Frize co-founded the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES). Her research focused on medical imaging, decision support systems, and neonatal care. Recognized as an Officer of the Order of Canada, she remains a global role model in STEM.

• An Extraordinary Event in 1732.-‘Querelle des femmes’ and Debates on the ‘Woman Question’.- Women in Science and Medicine in Europe Prior to the Eighteenth Century.- Laura Bassi: Her Education and Her Marriage.- Reactions to Laura’s Marriage.- The Slow Start of Laura’s Scientific Career and the Bolognese Community’s.- Response to her Work.- Early Work on Electricity.- A Transition from the ‘Old’ to the ‘New’ Science.- Scientific Works by Laura Bassi and Giuseppe Veratti.- The Last Years of Laura’s Career.- Laura Bassi and her Networks (1732–1745).- Correspondence with Men in Science and Medicine (1746–1778).- Famous Women in Science in Laura Bassi’s Epoch.- After Laura Bassi: Women in Science and Health Careers in Nineteenth Century Italy.- Epilogue.