Annie Montague Alexander
Title | Annie Montague Alexander PDF eBook |
Author | Louise Chipley Slavicek |
Publisher | Infobase Learning |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 2013-10 |
Genre | Biography |
ISBN | 1438148488 |
The daughter of a wealthy planter, Alexander used her inheritance to fund research for her passion.
On Her Own Terms
Title | On Her Own Terms PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara R. Stein |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 2001-10-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0520926382 |
At a time when women could not vote and very few were involved in the world outside the home, Annie Montague Alexander (1867–1950) was an intrepid explorer, amateur naturalist, skilled markswoman, philanthropist, farmer, and founder and patron of two natural history museums at the University of California, Berkeley. Barbara R. Stein presents a luminous portrait of this remarkable woman, a pioneer who helped shape the world of science in California, yet whose name has been little known until now. Alexander's father founded a Hawaiian sugar empire, and his great wealth afforded his adventurous daughter the opportunity to pursue her many interests. Stein portrays Alexander as a complex, intelligent, woman who--despite her frail appearance--was determined to achieve something with her life. Along with Louise Kellogg, her partner of forty years, Alexander collected thousands of animal, plant, and fossil specimens throughout western North America. Their collections serve as an invaluable record of the flora and fauna that were beginning to disappear as the West succumbed to spiraling population growth, urbanization, and agricultural development. Today at least seventeen taxa are named for Alexander, and several others honor Kellogg, who continued to make field trips after Alexander's death. Alexander's dealings with scientists and her encouragement--and funding--of women to do field research earned her much admiration, even from those with whom she clashed. Stein's extensive use of archival material, including excerpts from correspondence and diaries, allows us to see Annie Alexander as a keen observer of human nature who loved women and believed in their capabilities. Her legacy endures in the fields of zoology and paleontology and also in the lives of women who seek to follow their own star to the fullest degree possible.
Annie Montague Alexander
Title | Annie Montague Alexander PDF eBook |
Author | Hilda Wood Grinnell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 46 |
Release | 1958 |
Genre | Paleontology |
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Alexander contributed financially and with specimens from her collecting trips to the Museum of Verterbrate Zoology and Museum of Paleontology.
Annie Montague Alexander Papers
Title | Annie Montague Alexander Papers PDF eBook |
Author | Annie Montague Alexander |
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Genre | Africa, East |
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1910-1948. Contains mostly plant specimens collected by Alexander in areas near Cisco, California and Lake Tahoe, California. The specimens are mounted on card stock in clear plastic sleeves listing the Latin name of the plant and the place and date where it was collected. Also includes some correspondence (1933-1948), indexes to various Alexander and Kellog plant collections (location unknown), and a typescript copy of a radio talk, "Prehistoric California: how fossils tell earth history," given from the University of California, Berkeley, on Jan. 13, 1933, by Dr. Ralph W. Chaney, professor and chairman of the department of paleontology.
Annie Montague Alexander
Title | Annie Montague Alexander PDF eBook |
Author | Janet Lewis Zullo |
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Release | 1969 |
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All Creatures
Title | All Creatures PDF eBook |
Author | Robert E. Kohler |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 2013-10-31 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1400849713 |
We humans share Earth with 1.4 million known species and millions more species that are still unrecorded. Yet we know surprisingly little about the practical work that produced the vast inventory we have to date of our fellow creatures. How were these multitudinous creatures collected, recorded, and named? When, and by whom? Here a distinguished historian of science tells the story of the modern discovery of biodiversity. Robert Kohler argues that the work begun by Linnaeus culminated around 1900, when collecting and inventory were organized on a grand scale in natural history surveys. Supported by governments, museums, and universities, biologists launched hundreds of collecting expeditions to every corner of the world. Kohler conveys to readers the experience and feel of expeditionary travel: the customs and rhythms of collectors' daily work, and its special pleasures and pains. A novel twist in this story is that survey collecting was rooted not just in science but also in new customs of outdoor recreation, such as hiking, camping, and sport hunting. These popular pursuits engendered a wide scientific interest in animals and plants and inspired wealthy nature-goers to pay for expeditions. The modern discovery of biodiversity became a reality when scientists' desire to know intersected with the culture of outdoor vacationing. General readers as well as scholars will find this book fascinating.
The Bearded Lady Project
Title | The Bearded Lady Project PDF eBook |
Author | Lexi Jamieson Marsh |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 209 |
Release | 2020-05-12 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0231552467 |
During a discussion of how women are treated in traditionally male-dominated fields, paleobotanist Ellen Currano lamented to filmmaker Lexi Jamieson Marsh that, as the only young and female faculty member in her department, she was not taken seriously by her colleagues. If only she had the right amount of facial hair, she joked, maybe they would recognize her expertise. The next morning, she saw a message from Lexi saying: Let’s do this. Let’s get beards. That simple remark was the beginning of the Bearded Lady Project. Challenging persistent gender biases in the sciences, the project puts the spotlight on underrepresented geoscientists in the field and in the lab. This book pairs portraits of the scientists after donning fake beards with personal essays in which they tell their stories. The beautiful photography by Kesley Vance and Draper White—shot with a vintage large-format camera and often in the field, in deserts, mountains, badlands, and mudflats—recalls the early days of paleontological expeditions more than a century ago. With just a simple prop, fake facial hair, the pictures dismantle the stereotype of the burly, bearded white man that has dominated ideas of field scientists for far too long. Using a healthy dose of humor, The Bearded Lady Project celebrates the achievements of the women who study the history of life on Earth, revealing the obstacles they’ve faced because of their gender as well as how they push back.