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agricultural
Agricultural Entomology
algology research
artist
Author_Suzanne Le-May Sheffield
botanical
Botanical Art
Botanical Illustration
botanical illustration studies
Category=DNBH
Category=JBSF1
Category=NHD
Category=NHTB
Category=PDX
Cuttle Fish
Entomological Society
Entomological Work
entomology gender politics
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eq_biography-true-stories
eq_history
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eq_isMigrated=2
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eq_science
eq_society-politics
female scientists in Victorian Britain
gatty
Gatty's Parables
Hessian Fly
Independent Woman
margaret
Maria Sibylla Merian
marianne
Marianne North
morro
Morro Velho
National Biography
Natural World
nineteenth-century scientific careers
north
North Gallery
North's Death
North's Paintings
Ormerod's Work
Portia Tree
royal
Royal Agricultural Society
Royal Botanic Gardens
velho
Victorian Femininity
Victorian Gender Norms
Victorian science gender
William Hunt
women in natural history
Product details
- ISBN 9780415270694
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 05 Jul 2001
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 participated in various scientific endeavours throughout the century. This work asks why, when the waters were so inviting, did women dive deeply into the swirling maelstrom of scientific practice, scientific controversies and scientific writing? Victorian women certainly recognised that male naturalists were not always willing to welcome them warmly into their inner sanctum of scientific work honour and prestige. Moreover, they recognised the existence of a more general social stigma that thwarted any woman's participation in intellectual endeavours. However, their fascination with algology, botany and entomology led Margaret Gatty, Marianne North and Eleanor Ormerod to reach beyond acceptable gendered roles, to undertake field work, to paint, write, popularize, experiment and discover. Each exhibited a passion for their chosen field, a need for intellectual, artistic and scientific work, and a desire for scientific recognition and renown. This book examines the ability of women to understand themselves and respond to their needs as complex human beings. Within a framework of socially and scientifically constructed norms, these Victorial women use d science as a path to self-awareness and intellectual accomplishment.
