A Rising Tide: women and the natural sciences in nineteenth-century Ireland (Part 1)
In this month’s Dictionary of Irish Biography blog, Niav Gallagher discusses a group of pioneering Irish woman botanists. Various barriers limited their participation in the natural sciences, yet these intrepid women – Ellen Hutchins, Katherine Kane and Mary Ball – made lasting contributions through their determined endeavours.
In this month’s Dictionary of Irish Biography blog, Niav Gallagher discusses a group of pioneering Irish woman botanists. Various barriers limited their participation in the natural sciences, yet these intrepid women – Ellen Hutchins, Katherine Kane and Mary Ball – made lasting contributions through their determined endeavours.
Read Part 2 of ‘A Rising Tide: women and the natural sciences in nineteenth-century Ireland’
Article image: ‘Silhouette cutout of The Ball Family’ (1835), Augustin Edouart 1789-1869. Left to right: Robert, Anne, Bent and Mary Ball. Public Domain.
