Revealing new worlds : three Victorian women naturalists / Suzanne Le-May Sheffield.

By:

Le-May Sheffield, Suzanne

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Women in scienceLondon : Routledge, 2001Description: xvi, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9780415862981
9780415270694

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

508.092241 REV

Contents:

sec. 1. Margaret Gatty (1809-1873). ch. 1. For the love of seaweeds : 'Mrs. Alfred Gatty' and woman's place in science. -- ch. 2. "Monarch of all she surveys" : Margaret Gatty's career as a naturalist -- sec. 2. Marianne North (1830-1890). ch. 3. Finding a new life : Marianne North as daughter, patron and traveler. -- ch. 4. Painting outside the lines : Marianne North's botanical art -- sec. 3. Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1828-1901). -- ch. 5. "A lady entomologist" : Eleanor Anne Ormerod and the politics of gender in science. -- ch. 6. "Not wholly separate" : Eleanor Anne Ormerod as popularizer and professional entomologist Conclusion : Re-imaging Victorian women naturalists

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Title notes ( 5 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	State Botanical Collection	508.092241 REV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		RBG00026602

Includes index.

Based on the author's thesis titled: Beyond the mask of gender: three Victorian scientist-naturalists (Ph. D., York University, 1997)

Bibliography: pages [221]-239.

sec. 1. Margaret Gatty (1809-1873). ch. 1. For the love of seaweeds : 'Mrs. Alfred Gatty' and woman's place in science. -- ch. 2. "Monarch of all she surveys" : Margaret Gatty's career as a naturalist --
sec. 2. Marianne North (1830-1890). ch. 3. Finding a new life : Marianne North as daughter, patron and traveler. -- ch. 4. Painting outside the lines : Marianne North's botanical art --
sec. 3. Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1828-1901). -- ch. 5. "A lady entomologist" : Eleanor Anne Ormerod and the politics of gender in science. -- ch. 6. "Not wholly separate" : Eleanor Anne Ormerod as popularizer and professional entomologist
Conclusion : Re-imaging Victorian women naturalists

Donated by Tom May, January 2024.