ɪn hɜː pɹˈɛfəs tə hɜː tɹænslˈeɪʃən ʌv pɹˈɪnsɪpəlz ʌv fɪlˈɑːsəfi, bˌɑːɹbɐpɪkˈoʊlə klˈeɪmd ðæt wˈɪmɪn, ɪn kˈɑːntɹæst tə ðə bᵻlˈiːf ʌv hɜː kəntˈɛmpɚɹˌɛɹiz, wɜː nˌɑːt ˌɪntəlˈɛktʃuːəli ɪnfˈɪɹiɚɹ ˌaʊɾəv nˈeɪtʃɚ, bˌʌt bɪkˈʌz ʌv ðɛɹ lˈæk ʌv ˌɛdʒuːkˈeɪʃən.
In her preface to her translation of Principles of Philosophy, Barbapiccola claimed that women, in contrast to the belief of her contemporaries, were not intellectually inferior out of nature, but because of their lack of education.