Editing Edith Hamilton (section)

====Studies in Germany====
In the fall of 1895 the Hamilton sisters departed for Germany,<ref name=Weber43>Weber, p. 43.</ref> where Alice intended to continue her studies in [[pathology]] at the [[University of Leipzig]] and Edith planned to study the classics and attend lectures.<ref>Sicherman, ''Alice Hamilton, A Life in Letters'', p. 90.</ref> At that time, most North American women, including Edith and Alice, registered as auditors for their classes.<ref>Their adventures in Germany are described in Alice's autobiography. See {{cite book | author =Alice Hamilton | author-link =Alice Hamilton | title =Exploring the Dangerous Trades: the Autobiography of Alice Hamilton, M.D. | publisher =Northeastern University Press | year =1985 | location =Boston | pages =[https://archive.org/details/exploringdangero00hami/page/44 44–51] | url =https://archive.org/details/exploringdangero00hami/page/44 | isbn =0-930350-81-2 }}</ref><ref name=Singer>{{cite book | author=Sandra L. Singer|title=Adventures Abroad: North American Women at German-speaking Universities, 1868–1915|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |location=Westport, Connecticut|year=2003|pages =74–75| isbn =978-0-313-09686-0}}</ref> When the sisters arrived in [[Leipzig]], they found a fair number of foreign women studying at the university. They were informed that women could attend lectures, but they were expected to remain "invisible" and would not be allowed to participate in discussions.<ref name=Singer/>

According to Alice, "Edith was extremely disappointed with the lectures she attended."<ref name=Singer/> Although they were thorough, the lectures "lost sight of the beauty of literature by focusing on obscure grammatical points."<ref>Alice remarked, "Instead of the grandeur and beauty of [[Aeschylus]] and [[Sophocles]], it seemed that the important thing was their use of the [[Aorist (Ancient Greek)#Second|second aorist]]." See Singer, 74–75.</ref> As a result, they decided to enroll at the [[University of Munich]], but it was not much of an improvement. Initially, it was uncertain whether Edith would be allowed to audit lectures, but she was granted permission to do so, albeit under trying conditions.<ref name=Singer/> According to Alice, when Edith arrived at her first class, she was escorted to the lecture platform and seated in a chair beside the lecturer, facing the audience, "so that nobody would be contaminated by contact with her."<ref name=Singer/><ref name=Alice44-45>Hamilton, pp. 44–45.</ref> Edith is quoted as saying, "the head of the University used to stare at me, then shake his head and say sadly to a colleague, 'There now, you see what's happened? We're right in the midst of the woman question.'"<ref name=Singer/>