Agora: A film about Hypatia of Alexandria this October
This link goes to a brief article and trailer clip about the upcoming film on Hypatia of
Alexandria, one of the most famous (and probably few) women scientists of Western antiquity:
http://philosophyofscienceportal.blogspot.com/2009/08/science-vs-religionhypatia-of.html
Obviously I cannot vouch yet for Agora's accuracy (much of her life story is shrouded in
legend and mystery anyway), but it will at least make some of the public aware of her and
places like the Library of Alexandria.