Includes chapters about a few early ecologists

Title: American women in science before the Civil War
Author: Elizabeth Wagner Reed
Publisher: University of Minnesota, 1992
Length 214 pages

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<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/pt2.html>Part II.Twenty two women who published in science before 1861 with brief life histories and an analysis of their publications, 28-29.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/agassiz_image.html>Agassiz, Elizabeth Cary. 1822-1907. "Valuable contributions to diverse branches of natural science," 30-42.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/beecher_image.html>Beecher, Catharine Esther. 1800-1887. "Arithmetic simplified," 43-5l.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/colden_image.html>Colden, Jane. 1724-1766. "First American woman to be distinguished as a botanist," 52-55.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/cutter_image.html>Cutter, Eunice Newton. 1819-1882. Writer on physiology and anatomy for children, 56-58.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/dix_image.html>Dix, Dorothea Lynde. 1802-1887. Butterflies, flowers and "common things," 59-65.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/foote_image.html>Foote, Eunice Newton. 1819-1888. Experimenter on gases, 66-70.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/fowler_image.html>Fowler, Lydia Folger, M.D. 1823-1878. Anatomy and physiology for women, 71-75.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/herrick_image.html>Herrick, Sophie Bledsoe. 1837-ca. 1900. Microscopist and writer, 76-88.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/jacobi_image.html>Jacobi, Mary Putnam, 1842-1906. Physician, wife and mother, 89-111.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/johnson_image.html>Johnson, Laura H. ca. 1798-ca. 1870. "Lady Professor" of botany, 112-116.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/mcdougall_image.html>McDougall, Frances Green. 1805-1878."Renders science attractive without diluting it," 117-120.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/mitchell_image.html>Mitchell, Maria. 1818-1889. Astronomer, mathematician and college professor, 121-132.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/morris_image.html>Morris, Margaretta Hare. 1797-1867. "Une entomologiste," 133-143.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/peterson_image.html>Peterson, Hannah Bouvier. 1811-1870. "A complete treatise on astronomy," 144-146.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/phelps_image.html>Phelps, Almira Lincoln. 1793-1884. Influential teacher and writer in science, 147-160.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/swift_image.html>Swift, Mary A. ca. 1800-ca. 1870. Her elementary physics book was translated into Burmese, 161-165.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/taylor_c_image.html>Taylor, Charlotte de Bernier. 1806-1861. Microscopist, entomologist and artist, 166-174.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/taylor_j_image.html>Taylor, Jane. ca. 1800-ca. 1870. "Physiology for Children," 175-177.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/townsend_image.html>Townsend, Mary. ca. 1790-1851. Entomologist "treat them [insects] with kindness," 178-180.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/tupper_image.html>Tupper, Ellen Smith. 1822-1888. "Queen Bee of Iowa" - apiarist, 181-188.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/welsh_image.html>Welsh, Jane Kilby. 1790 ca. 1850. "Catechism of Botany," 189-194.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/willard_image.html>Willard, Emma Hart. 1787-1870. Influential teacher and writer on science, 195-205.

<http://www.catherinecreed.com/book/summary.html>Summary, 206-213.

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