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5 entries match United States [Z01.058] · Pharmacology & Therapeutics [D01 / E02] · Women & Gender [K01.700.500]

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1963 CE

#7868

Botanic manuscript of Jane Colden, 1724-1766. Edited by H.W. Rickett and E.C. Hall.

COLDEN, Jane (1724 – 1766) RICKETT, Harold William (1896 – 1989) HALL, Elizabeth Cornelia (1898 – 1989)

Colden was the first distinguished American woman botanist. Her work is known only from an untitled manuscript by her on the flora of the lower Hudson River Valley of New York that is preserved in the Natural History …

1885 CE

#10575

Indigenous flowers of the Hawaiian Islands: Forty-four plates painted in water-colours and described by Mrs. Francis Sinclair, Jr.

SINCLAIR, Isabella (1842 – 1900)
SINCLAIR, Isabella (1842 – 1900)

The first color-illustrated book on Hawaiian flora. "The following collection of flowers was made upon the islands of Kauai and Niihau, the most northern of the Hawaiian archipelago. It is not by any means a large col…

2011 CE

#7805

Knowing nature: Art and science in Philadelphia, 1740-1840. Edited by Amy R. W. Meyers with the assistance of Lisa L. Ford.

MEYERS, Amy R. W.

Large format, finely produced with excellent color plates.

1811 CE

#7801

The maternal physician; a treatise on the nurture and management of infants, from the birth until two years old. Being the result of sixteen years' experience in the nursery. Illustrated by extracts from the most approved medical authors

TYLER, Mary Hunt Palmer (1775 – 1866)

The first American book on pediatrics, in the tradition of "advice books" or childcare manuals for mothers. This was the first American printed book on a medical subject written by a woman. Pages 248-75 publish a list…

1982 CE

#11414

Women in nineteenth century American botany; a generally unrecognized constituency.

RUDOLPH, Emanuel David (1927 – 1992)

Digital facsimile from jstor.org at this link.