Adelberger

Adelberger of Lombardy (fl. 760) was among several lay medical women who was taught by the historian Paul of Lombardy (720–800), a Benedictine monk from Como. Adelberger was the daughter of Desiderius (ruled 756–774).^[1]^[2] Very little information about Adelberger survives today.^[1]

Legacy[]

Adelberger is a featured figure on Judy Chicago's installation piece The Dinner Party as one of the 999 names on the Heritage Floor.^[3]

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2000). The biographical dictionary of women in science pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0203801458.
^ Hurd-Meade, Kate Campbell (1938). A history of women in medicine : from the earliest times to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Haddam Press.
^ "Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: The Dinner Party: Heritage Floor: Adelberger". Retrieved 9 January 2013.

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[Ogilvie_2000-1] Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2000). The biographical dictionary of women in science pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0203801458.

[Hurd-Meade_1938-2] Hurd-Meade, Kate Campbell (1938). A history of women in medicine : from the earliest times to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Haddam Press.

[brooklynmuseum-3] "Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: The Dinner Party: Heritage Floor: Adelberger". Retrieved 9 January 2013.

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