Some men believe that women, inherently, cannot succeed in various areas such as religion and jurisdiction. However, it shows that women achieved success at similar rates to men when given equal opportunities. De Pizan argues that women are capable of being enlightened and educated, dispelling the myth that women do not play a vital role in society by citing influential women in various fields who had been extremely important. For example, de Pizan specifically mentions Nicostrata who “was the first to establish in [Rome] laws which later became so famous and from which all the just laws emerged and enacted” (de Pizan 138). Men have attacked women as incapable of relinquishing control and having power; however, de Pizan's allusion to Nicostrata outlines the vital role it played, through its jurisdiction, in nascent Rome. Furthermore, de Pizan adds that Nicostrata “demonstrated to future centuries her wisdom and the excellence of her mind; he worked and studied until he arrived at his letters… [in which] nothing worthier was ever invented in this world” (de Pizan 139). De Pizan demonstrates that women, in fact, can be important members of a society, challenging the beliefs of the men of her time; advocates for greater recognition of women's success, which is often overlooked and ignored by men, and proposes the concept