History Pub - Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science

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History Pub - Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science
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McMenamins and Deschutes Historical Society present
History Pub
Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science
Presented by Catherine McNeur
McMenamins Old St. Francis School
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
7pm/Doors 6pm
$5
All ages welcome
Margaretta Hare Morris and Elizabeth Carrington Morris were sisters who transformed American science in the 19th century. Margaretta, an entomologist, was famous for her research on 17-year cicadas and other troublesome insects. She was one of the first women elected to both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. Elizabeth was a botanist, prolific illustrator, and trusted supplier of specimens to the country’s leading experts, and she published many articles in scientific journals.
Author and historian Catherine McNeur will discuss the research involved in recreating the Morris sisters’ lives and the many ways they were erased from the history of science.
Catherine McNeur is the award-winning author of π‘€π‘–π‘ π‘β„Žπ‘–π‘’π‘£π‘œπ‘’π‘  πΆπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ : π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΉπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘”π‘œπ‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘› π‘†π‘–π‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  π‘Šβ„Žπ‘œ π‘‡π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘›π‘ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘šπ‘’π‘‘ πΈπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘¦ π΄π‘šπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘π‘Žπ‘› 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 (Basic Books, 2023) and π‘‡π‘Žπ‘šπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘€π‘Žπ‘›β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘‘π‘Žπ‘›: πΈπ‘›π‘£π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘›π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘Žπ‘™ π΅π‘Žπ‘‘π‘‘π‘™π‘’π‘  𝑖𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π΄π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘π‘’π‘™π‘™π‘’π‘š 𝐢𝑖𝑑𝑦 (Harvard University Press, 2014). She is a professor of history at Portland State University where she teaches courses on environmental history, public history, and the history of food
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