On Her Own Terms

by Stein, Barbara R.

• ISBN13: 9780520227262
• ISBN10: 0520227263
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

The biography of Annie Alexander (1867-1950), an adventurous, independent woman, amateur naturalist, intrepid collector of mammals and fossils, she was the founder and patron of two natural history museums at the UC, Berkeley, and remains an inspiration to all women, especially those in science.

Author Biography

From 1985-2000, Barbara R. Stein was Curatorial Associate and Researcher at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xiii
Samuel Alexander and Henry Baldwin	3	(10)
Life in Oakland	13	(9)
A Passion for Paleontology	22	(13)
Africa, 1904	35	(13)
Meeting C. Hart Merriam	48	(10)
Alaska, 1906	58	(5)
Meeting Joseph Grinnell	63	(13)
Founding a Museum of Vertebrate Zoology	76	(12)
An Unusual collaboration	88	(9)
Louise and Prince William Sound	97	(10)
Support for Paleontology	107	(7)
Hearst, Sather, Flood	114	(6)
Innisfail Ranch	120	(18)
Vancouver Island and the Trinity Alps	138	(10)
The Team of Alexander and Kellogg	148	(7)
From ``A Friend of the University''	155	(10)
Founding a Museum of Paleontology	165	(16)
A Restless Decade	181	(9)
Europe, 1923	190	(13)
The Temple Tour	203	(11)
The ``Amoeba Treatment''	214	(10)
Fieldwork --- The Later Years	224	(20)
Saline Valley	244	(9)
The End of an Era	253	(8)
Hawaii ---``My Only Real Home''	261	(13)
The Switch to Botany	274	(16)
Baja California --- Tres Mujeres Sin Miedo	290	(9)
Investing in the Future	299	(9)
An Enduring Legacy	308	(7)
Epilogue	315	(2)
Appendix	317	(4)
Notes	321	(38)
Index	359