A rising tide: women and the natural sciences in nineteenth-century Ireland (Part 2)

In this month’s two-part Dictionary of Irish Biography blog, Niav Gallagher highlights the careers of several Irish women who made important contributions to the natural sciences in the nineteenth century, despite the various barriers placed in their way.

In this month’s two-part Dictionary of Irish Biography blog(link is external), Niav Gallagher highlights the careers of several Irish women who made important contributions to the natural sciences in the nineteenth century, despite the various barriers placed in their way.

If you missed Part 1 of ‘A Rising Tide: women and the natural sciences in nineteenth-century Ireland’, you can read it here.

Article image:‘Opisthoteuthis extensa’, from Thiele in Chun, C. 1915. ‘Die Cephalopoden’. Annie Massy was an expert in cephalopods (octopus, squid and cuttlefish) and had four named after her (one of which is an Umbrella octopus), and named another nine. Public Domain