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If the Brontë sisters are celebrity siblings of the writing world, then sisters Elizabeth and Margaret Wharton are the unsung stars from the “golden age” of botanical illustration. In honor of Women’s History month we are highlighting two sisters, whose works underscore the importance of women’s place in the formation of botany and scientific illustration. Read on to learn about their contributions and to view these women’s works in full as part of our ongoing digitization project.
The gardens Bunny Mellon created during her life were influenced by a number of places, objects, people and literature. One woman who had a lasting impact on American gardens and served as an inspiration for Mrs. Mellon was Ellen Biddle Shipman. Ellen, born on this day in 1869, was a pioneering landscape architect who designed over 600 gardens in her lifetime. Read on to learn about Ellen’s life and how some of her trademark garden design staples made their way to the gardens of Mrs. Mellon.
To celebrate Women’s History Month and our new The World in Her Words series, we’ve compiled a list of ten must-read women writers whose work explores plants, nature and the environment, ranging from historical to contemporary.
Many of history’s most innovative and celebrated botanists were women, often defying convention and sexist laws in the pursuit of knowledge. To celebrate Women’s History Month, we are highlighting six of history’s most impactful female botanists. Read on to learn more.
