For Week 8 an optional reading on Maria Sibylla Merian from Davis' Women on the Margins is available through through ARES. As is "Did Women Have a Renaissance?" by Joan Kelly-Gadol. Both of these pieces support the lecture on Friday, February 29th. You might also find the selections from Cultures of Natural History interesting supplemental readings to the Brockway. All of these optional readings are available through ARES.