All of the Einsteins, male and female, lived in a sexist society, as did the majority of major scientists across human history, because the majority of societies have been varying degrees of patriarchal and have had limited roles for women. So, no, this doesn’t seem particularly strange to me.
And recently Maryam Mirzakhani. Usual explanation is that they can't ride equity agenda there and have to earn money with hard skills. So they become compulsory geniuses just like men.
