Commit This To Memory : Giulia Tofana

In this episode Shahnaz discusses Giulia Tofana and questions how we ought to remember her. Often referred to as a murderess, was Giulia actually a noteworthy scientist at a time when women were seen as mere property? Was she an emancipator of the women less fortunate than her? Is it more complicated than that?

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Giulia Tofana

Women of the Renaissance