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

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The story of nineteenth-century science often tells a tale of a masculinized professionalizing domain. Scientific man increasingly pushed women out, marginalized them and constructed them as naturally feminine creatures incapable of intellectual work, particularly scientific work. Yet many women par...

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Main Author: Sheffield, Suzanne Le-May, 1967-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.
Series:Women in science (Harwood Academic Publishers)
Subjects:
Gatty, Alfred, > Mrs., > 1809-1873.
North, Marianne, > 1830-1890.
Ormerod, Eleanor A. > (Eleanor Anne), > 1828-1901.
Women naturalists > Great Britain.
Women in science > Great Britain.
Women in science.
Women naturalists.
Great Britain.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Revealing New Worlds; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface to the Series; Acknowledgments; Introduction; SECTION I-MARGARET GATTY (1809-1873); Chapter 1 For the Love of Seaweeds: 'Mrs Alfred Gatty' and Woman's Place in Science; Chapter 2 ""Monarch of All She Surveys"": Margaret Gatty's Career as a Naturalist; SECTION II-MARIANNE NORTH (1830-1890); Chapter 3 Finding a New Life: Marianne North as Daughter, Patron and Traveler; Chapter 4 Painting Outside the Lines: Marianne North's Botanical Art; SECTION III-ELEANOR ANNE ORMEROD (1828-1901)
  • Chapter 5 ""A Lady Entomologist"": Eleanor Anne Ormerod and the Politics of Gender in ScienceChapter 6 ""Not Wholly Separate"": Eleanor Anne Ormerod as Popularizer and Professional Entomologist; Conclusion Re-Imaging Victorian Women Naturalists; Bibliography; Index.

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