Hello Insect Lovers,<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>See the announcement below for a scholarly book including biographies of some early entomologists and beekeepers.<br><br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">American
Women in Science Before the Civil War </span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">by Elizabeth W. Reed, Ph.D.,
1992, is now available for online reading or free download at
<<a href="http://www.catherinecreed.com" target="_blank">www.catherinecreed.com</a>></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:200%;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black">American Women in Science
Before the Civil War</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"> contains brief life histories,
analyses of writings and a bibliography of the works of each of twenty-two American
women who published in science before the US Civil War. Each entry contains a
short biography, and a listing and critique of all the subject’s scientific publications,
with comments on each scientist’s work from both contemporary and modern
perspectives. A shorter section </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%">reports the activities of women who were members of
scientific societies, collectors, teachers, volunteer data collectors and
scientific illustrators. All the information is taken from original primary
sources. The 208-page book is illustrated with contemporary drawings, diagrams
and title pages and includes an extensive bibliography.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:200%;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%">The web version of the book also
includes a short biography of author Elizabeth W. Reed, a short history of the
book, and photos.</span></p>
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