Science

Erminnia Adele Platt Smith

Erminnie A. Platt Smith on Asking Questions

In: 19th Century Women, Science

Tagged: Anthropologist, Ethnographer, Geologist, Iroquois

Erminnie Adele Smith (April 26, 1836– June 9, 1886) wasRead More →

Dr. Henrietta Hyde, biologist

Ida Henrietta Hyde on Getting a Degree

In: 19th Century Women, Science, Women's Rights

Tagged: Advanced Degrees, Biology, Female Education, Public Health

Educator, biologist, public health and women’s rights advocate Ida HenriettaRead More →

Laura Bassi on Struggle

In: 18th Century Women, Motherhood, Science

Tagged: Bologna, Female Education, Italian, Newton, Physicist, Teaching

Laura Maria Caterina Bassi Veratti (1711 – 1778), an ItalianRead More →

Mary Hunter Austin

Mary Hunter Austin on Observing the Desert

In: 19th Century Women, Science

Tagged: Mojave Desert, Naturalists

Mary Hunter Austin was a feminist, naturalist, and prolithic writer.Read More →