Books by "Mary Jane Rathbun"
11 books found
Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900
by Mary R.S. Creese
2000 · Rowman & Littlefield
A systematic survey and comparison of the work of 19th-century American and British women in scientific research, this book covers the two countries in which women of the period were most active in scientific work and examines all the fields in which they were engaged. The field-by-field examination brings out patterns and concentrations in women's research (in both countries) and allows a systematic comparison of the two national groups. Through this comparison, new insights are provided into how the national patterns developed and what they meant, in terms of both the process of women's entry into research and the contributions they made there. Ladies in the Laboratory? features a specialized bibliography of nineteenth century research journal publications by women, created from the London Royal Society's Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900. In addition, 23 illustrations present in condensed form information about American and British women's scientific publications throughout the nineteenth century. This well-organized blend of individual life stories and quantitative information presents a great deal of new data and field-by-field analysis; its broad and methodical coverage will make it a basic work for everyone interested in the story of women's participation in nineteenth century science.
Description of a New Species of Crab from the California Pliocene
by Mary Jane Rathbun, United States National Museum
1917
This volume is the third of the series of handbooks on American crabs in the superfamily Brachyrhyncha. A systematic key to families can be found on pages 8-10.
The lives of many of the nineteenth century's most notable women of science are presented in English for the first time in this companion volume to Ladies in the Laboratory: American and British Women in Science. The present volume bridges a considerable gap in English literature available on women from twelve west European countries and their work in the biological and medical sciences, mathematics, and social sciences. A fascinating analysis of the work of notable women by national group, giving thorough data comparing the contributions of women in choice fields. Among the women presented are more than a few colorful personalities representative of the entire social scale, from a royal princess to the daughter of a Paris slum shopkeeper. Researchers in the field of women's history and science history will find this indexed volume a valuable resource.
The Scorpions of the Western Part of the United States
by Alfred Brazier Howell, Arthur Loveridge, Benjamin Schwartz, Charles Torrey Simpson, Charles Whitney Gilmore, Charles Wythe Cooke, Donnell Foster Hewett, Edwin Linton, Emmett William Price, George Perkins Merrill, Henry Ellsworth Ewing, Herbert William Krieger, Hilbrandt Boschma, John Merton Aldrich, John Russell Malloch, John Wendell Bailey, Mary Jane Rathbun, Walter Hough, William Schaus, United States National Museum
1928
E.g. material from Curaçao and St. Martin: Stenorychus seticornis (p. 18); Metoporhaphis calcarata (p. 22); Batrachonotus fragosus (p. 125); etc.
The Pacific Slope describes geographic regions in North American, Central American, and South American countries that are west of the continental divide and slope down to the Pacific Ocean. In North America, the Rocky Mountains mark the eastern border of the Pacific Slope. In Central and South America, the region is much narrower, confined by the Sierra Madre Occidental in Central America, and by the Andes in South America.The phrase is still used today mostly for scientific purposes to refer to regions inhabited by specific species.