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Born into wealth from the forced labor of hundreds enslaved by her family, LaGrange College grad Eliza Frances Andrews was born today 1840 and taught Wesleyan College. The author of "Botany All the Year Round", she was an advocate for both forest conservation and the KKK.

Professor Emerita at the Universitetet i Oslo, Inger Nordal’s scope of research ranges from the embryology/taxonomy of lilies to the flora of East Africa to alpine-arctic issues. A vocal critic of the overreach of evolutionary psychology and sociobiology, she was born on this day in 1944.

Botanist and illustrator Rica Erickson was born this week in 1908. A self-taught scientist, she published books such as "Flowers and Plants of Western Australia", "Orchids of the West", and "Triggerplants"; and spent time studying Australian specimens @KewGardens.

Speaking of things happening on today's date . . .

Hélène Durand was born into a family of artists and botanists this week in 1883. She spent much of her childhood and career at Belgium's National Botanical Garden @BGM_coll_res, but also studied Université libre de Bruxelles and worked @RBINSmuseum, @BGM_coll_res & Musée du Congo The AfricaMuseum.

Hélène Durand was born into a family of artists and botanists this week in 1883. She spent much of her childhood and career at Belgium's National Botanical Garden @BGM_coll_res, but also studied Université libre de Bruxelles and worked @RBINSmuseum, @BGM_coll_res & Musée du Congo The AfricaMuseum.

Hélène Durand was born into a family of artists and botanists this week in 1883. She spent much of her childhood and career at Belgium's National Botanical Garden @BGM_coll_res, but also studied Université libre de Bruxelles and worked @RBINSmuseum, @BGM_coll_res & Musée du Congo The AfricaMuseum.

Born today in 1940, Passifloraceae specialist Linda Katherine Escobar collected 10k specimens and described 20 species. A grad University of New Hampshire, Purdue Science & UT Austin, she served as prof & herbarium director at the Universidad de Antioquia'ntioquia and as pres of the Asociación Colombiana de Herbarios.

Born today in 1881, Elisabeth Schiemann was a crop historian and early plant geneticist. A member of the Confessing Church and a network of women resistant to the Third Reich, her position was revoked for protesting political repression and defending Jewish colleagues.

A Hungarian immigrant to Austria, Eva Schönbeck-Temesy was born today in 1930. She received highest honors for her thesis on Saxifraga stellaris. At the Natural History Museum @NHM_Wien she authored 17 volumes of Flora Iranica and was Keeper of the herbarium for two decades.

U.S.-born botanist Bertha Stoneman taught at South Africa's Huguenot College Hugenote Kollege from 1896 to 1933, founding its herbarium and becoming president of the school in 1928. She was the founding president of the South African Association of University Women SAAWG_ORG.

Born this week in 1884, The Agnes Irwin School grad Mary Gibson Henry worked to preserve N American native plants over 200 botanical expeditions. She served as pres @AHS_gardening & research associate Academy of Natural Sciences (where her herbarium of 8000 specimens is held), and on @PHSgardening council.

For Ep113 of #WashingtonWomen, welcome to the altogether fantastical story of Luana Edith (Boner) Sever (1918-2012), botanist, esteemed textile artist, pioneer in the ballooning community, and one of the first women to bicycle across the continental US! #EdithBoner #EdithSever

One of the benefits of Twitter has been the capacity to maximize reach by tagging the organizations/institutions that scientists worked with during their lifetimes. I'm hearing science communicators talk about making the jump to Mastodon as an alternative. Waddaya'll think?

Erna Gunther born today in 1896, and wrote foundational texts on the ethnobotany of the Makah and Salish peoples. She studied Samantha and Columbia University; and led the @UW_Anthropology for a quarter century. She was director WA State Museum @BurkeMuseum and chair of ANTH UA Fairbanks