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English artist Winifred Austen was a member of the Society of Women Artists, London. She provided for The Wild Beasts of the World (1909), such this Philippine Flying Lemur (Cynocephalus volans) ➡️ https://t.co/wwERTEu8nr

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"The Cactaceae" (1919-1923) was produced as the 1st complete investigation on the Cactaceae family. It features stunning by artist Mary Emily Eaton, whose artworks were reproduced via chromolithography ➡️ https://t.co/MXGAp4WGKr

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After seeing Audubon’s book ‘Birds of America‘ at the 1876 World’s Fair, Genevieve Jones wanted to create a similar book about bird nests & eggs. The result, pub in 1886 and focused on Ohio birds, was beautiful. https://t.co/kkigedKrAp

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Hawaiian flowers for 🌺 Isabella McHutcheson Sinclair's "Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands" (1885) is the most important record of Hawaiian flora in the 19th century. Read more about it via ➡️ https://t.co/HiGqIdkMuG

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2019-03-11

Our 1st tweet about women scientists of the past for - Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe we think was the 1st woman to 1st author a paper in read her paper here https://t.co/IUMLXEVmsP & our blog https://t.co/guoZ4Wf8Zc

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"Australian Lepidoptera and Their Transformations" (1890-98) depicts the life cycles of Australian moths & butterflies. It features based on paintings by Harriet & Helena Scott. Explore it in via ➡️ https://t.co/UMiqZKoWNS 🦋

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"The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala" ([1837]-1843) is the largest botanical book ever produced with lithographic plates. It was beautifully illustrated chiefly by Sarah Anne Drake & Augusta Withers. In via ➡️ https://t.co/nP8O90Nqmf

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Sun Cactus (𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘴) for and by Louise-Cécile Descamps-Sabouret for 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘶𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘦 (1899). Contributed in by Botany Library ➡️ https://t.co/n0JrXR5z0i

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Anna Maria Hussey & her sister, Frances Reed, illustrated and described species they collected within "Illustrations of British Mycology" (1847-55). Explore their work in via ➡️ https://t.co/OcMUH84Xv9 🍄🍄

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Otra iniciativa de es esta enorme galería en [https://t.co/MQbVTzR1Zk] que recopila muchísimos de los trabajos de estas ilustradoras de gran valor tanto artístico como científico

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Sarah Stone (1760-1844) produced all 65 of the beautiful plates in "Journal of a voyage to New South Wales" (John White, 1790), many depicting new species. https://t.co/LSX91UEqev via &

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Elizabeth Blackwell's 𝘈 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘭 (1737-39) was a groundbreaking work on medicinal plants. Elizabeth drew, engraved, and colored all 500 plates herself. She undertook the project to help pay her husband’s debts. https://t.co/sBqgehEeKM

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Artist & naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian traveled the world and was the first to accurately depict insect metamorphosis.
🦋 A rare black butterfly was recently named after her by our scientist Shinichi Nakahara: https://t.co/NYPJPpWOt7

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Edith M Wallace accomplished illustrator worked in the lab of recipient Thomas Hunt Morgan..see this drosophila illustration https://t.co/Woayz9DYip from She also took the 1902 MBL Zoology course!

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Maria Sibylla Merian's observations of insect metamorphosis changed our understanding of the natural world forever, and her illustrations are as beautiful today as they were 300 years ago.

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It's & the kick off of Excited to join to highlight amazing women, like 's own Mary Vaux Walcott: https://t.co/OOA097Uh97 🖼️: "North American Wild Flowers": https://t.co/JwI5FkJPu1

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Happy & welcome to Today we launch the international campaign celebrating women in natural history with an all-day social media blitz! Follow along and join us today & all month long! Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/873ltEQCPb

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- 's Women's History Month: browse through 88 works of the Frankfurt artist Louise von (1763-1844), who donated her works in 1824 to - https://t.co/K4h7VgoCOy /wb

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Op deze stellen we graag Mary Lawrance aan je voor, een Engelse botanisch tekenaar, gespecialiseerd in het vastleggen van bloemen.

In 1799 publiceerde ze dit fantastische boek over passiebloemen.
https://t.co/GZaOfwOTr4

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Lilian Medland devoted her time to painting the birds of Britain, and later Australia and yet has not received the recognition she deserves - she is mentioned on the but only under her husband’s entry. Not good enough!

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