Although the novel Frankenstein, written in 1818 by Mary Shelley, has been called the first science fiction novel, there is a persistent but false belief that women did not enter the field of science fiction writing until the 1960s and 1970s.
Other notable women in the science fiction field include:
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He was born in Tremeloo, Belgium, the son of a farmer. He entered the novitiate of the Fathers of the ...