Mischievous creatures: the forgotten sisters who transformed early American science
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9781541674172
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| Grouping Title | mischievous creatures the forgotten sisters who transformed early american science |
| Grouping Author | catherine mcneur |
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"The nineteenth century was a transformative period in the history of American science, as scientific study, once the domain of armchair enthusiasts and amateurs, became the purview of professional experts and institutions. In [this book], historian Catherine McNeur shows that women were central to the development of the natural sciences during this critical time. She does so by uncovering the forgotten lives of entomologist Margaretta Hare Morris and botanist Elizabeth Morris--sister scientists whose essential contributions to their respective fields, and to the professionalization of science as a whole, have been largely erased"--
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9781541674172
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Biographies
Botanists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography
Entomologists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Biography
Morris, Elizabeth Carrington, -- 1795-1865
Morris, Margaretta Hare, -- 1797-1867
Scientists -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Women scientists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography
Women scientists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century
Botanists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography
Entomologists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Biography
Morris, Elizabeth Carrington, -- 1795-1865
Morris, Margaretta Hare, -- 1797-1867
Scientists -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Women scientists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography
Women scientists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century
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Mischievous creatures : the forgotten sisters who transformed early American science
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Mischievous creatures : the forgotten sisters who transformed early American science / Catherine McNeur
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Mischievous creatures
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the forgotten sisters who transformed early American science
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Botanists
Entomologists
History
Morris, Elizabeth Carrington
Morris, Margaretta Hare
Scientists
Women scientists
Entomologists
History
Morris, Elizabeth Carrington
Morris, Margaretta Hare
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