...being a masculine pronoun), not only because "she was heavy of build and loud of voice" but also for "her power as a creative thinker who seemed to have broken through the barrier of sex." In an age now past, the highest compliment to a woman of science was to be made an honorary man. In...

...utterly unselfish; she had a kind and friendly nature. Nevertheless she enjoyed the recognition paid to her; she could answer with a bashful smile like a...broken through the barrier of sex. She possessed a rare humour and a sense of sociability; a tea in her apartment could be most pleasurable. She was a kind...

...mathematical physicist Hermann Weyl alluded to the struggles Emmy Noether had to endure because of her gender: "If we in Gottingen often chaffingly referred to her...seemed to have broken through the barrier of sex." Most of the symmetries we have encountered so far had to do with a change in our viewpoint in space...

...could answer with a bashful smile like a young girl to whom one had whispered a compliment. No-one could contend that the Graces had stood by her cradle,...broken through the barrier of sex. She possessed a rare humour and a sense of sociability; tea in her apartment could be most enjoyable. She was a kind and...