Kindred Nature

by Gates, Barbara T.

• ISBN13: 9780226284439
• ISBN10: 0226284433
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-02-15
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

InKindred Nature,Barbara T. Gates highlights the contributions of Victorian and Edwardian women to the study, protection, and writing of nature. Recovering their works from the misrepresentation they often faced at the time of their composition, Gates discusses not just well-known women like Beatrix Potter but also others--scientists, writers, gardeners, and illustrators--who are little known today. Some of these women discovered previously unknown species, others wrote and illustrated natural histories or animal stories, and still others educated women, the working classes, and children about recent scientific advances. A number of women also played pivotal roles in the defense of animal rights by protesting overhunting, vivisection, and habitat destruction, even as they demanded their own rights to vote, work, and enter universities. Kindred Natureshows the enormous impact Victorian and Edwardian women had on the natural sciences and the environmental movement, and on our own attitudes toward nature and human nature.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introductory Pt.

Women on the Edge of Science

Who Can Speak in Nature's Name?

Retelling the Story of Science: The Wonders of Nature

Cataloging the Natural World: Case Studies of Women Naturalists Pt.

Nature's Crusaders

Nurturing Nature

""Tongues of Fire"": Womanist Visions of Nature Pt.

Storied Nature

Aestheticizing Nature

Hunting and Gathering Writing

Storied Animals

Kindred Natures: The Earthlings Afterward: An Afterword

Bibliography

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