José Maria Veloso Salgado, Portuguese
“Oh, This? It’s a Cold Fusion Reactor. But I Don’t Want Phil Up There To Feel Threatened, So I’ve Told Him It Makes Cupcakes,” 1917
Oil on canvas
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/// Lady Botanist’s microscope scanned,
and the Chemist’s retort was at hand.
Making arm gestures bold,
those first two were cajoled
by Ms. Engineer with a demand.
/// She’s a beauty, who hopes to go far,
like her role model, Hedy Lamarr,
whose war-time invention
few film critics mention.
“Ecstacy” to torpedoes— bizarre!
/// Three wise women, proud symbols of “Science.”
Yet, this image stands in stark defiance
of most women’s real lives.
Back then seen as just wives,
with no agency— prized for compliance.
/// Much of Natural Science gets hype,
but the man in back harbors a gripe.
With envy, he’s burning
toward women of learning.
The unnatural arts are his type.