The period following the Renaissance, the scientific revolution, was a time of great knowledge and discoveries of great global impact. A large number of brilliant scientific minds began to experiment and discover things that had never even been thought of. If you were to ask most people who they believed were the most important people during the Scientific Revolution, you would hear answers like: Galilee, Newton, and Copernicus. Most people don't realize that there were many women who were as brilliant as the men of the time. During this time period it was still completely acceptable to be sexist about how knowledgeable women actually had the potential to be. In most cases these scientifically inclined women were reduced to working as assistants to male scientists. If these women had made some kind of independent discovery, every iota of credit would have been given to the men involved in the research. Even the thought of women pursuing science was highly discouraged and essentially socially frowned upon. (Shapin, 15). Due to the fact that women were not given exactly a fair chance to prove to society that they could equally contribute to or surpass the scientific discoveries of male scientists, many of these women were forgotten or considered less important. Therefore, many educators today do not place enough attention and emphasis on the discoveries of these magnificent women. Women had a significant impact on the advancement of knowledge during the scientific revolution. The following information about: Maria Agnesi, Margaret Cavendish, Maria Sibylla Merian, Eliza Lucas Pinckney, Emilie Du Chatelet, Caroline Herschel and Laura Bassi is concrete evidence that their hard work and diligence have influenced the way science. .. paper ......mountain of sexism that society clung to so much. Works CitedBaigrie, Brian S. The Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution: Biographical Portraits. NewYork: Charles Scribner, 2001. Print.Bois, Danuta. "Eliza Lucas Pinckney." Biographies of women: illustrious women of the past and present. 1998. Network. 04 March 2012.Pinckney.html>.Fisher, A. “Women in the Scientific Revolution.” Lesson. Network. February 22, 2012. Imbornoni, Anne M. "Women's Rights Movement in the United States" Infoplease. Information, please. Network. February 15, 2012. Mandic, Sasha. "Emilie Du Chatelet." Emilie Du Châtelet. 1995. Network. February 22, 2012..Shapin, Steven. The scientific revolution. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago, 1996. Print.