I have no answer to Evelyn Forget's question. But the question itself    
reminded me of some essays by Stephen J. Gould on "the invisible    
women" (there is one essay of this title in Dinosaur in a Haystack,    
1996), where he illustrated some tricks used by women to circumvent    
the more or less formal restriction to their entering science,    
universities, or scientific societies. Some wrote in "feminine"    
subjects, like Botany; some wrote popular works (Harriet Martineau    
would be an economic example, I suppose), some illustrated man's    
works. Some wrote under male pseudonymes (I remember having read    
something by Gould on this, but I cannot find it). Translations with    
appendices or introductions may well belong to this range of    
subterfuges to gain access to science.  
  
Daniele Besomi