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Climbing Aster (Ampelaster carolinianus) Item Info
- Title:
- Climbing Aster (Ampelaster carolinianus)
- Description:
- I couldn’t give an outside tour without mentioning Graceanna Lewis. She is a favorite of FHL staff and maybe we can interest you in reading more about her. She was a Quaker Ornithologist, botanist and activist from Chester County. She joined both the Academy of Natural Sciences and the Delaware County Institute of Science and these scientific societies gave Lewis access to scientific networks. She published papers and gave lectures and exhibited her research. As with other women scientists of this time period, her lack of degree meant that she was considered an “amateur.” Nonetheless, Furthermore, the work of women who practiced science by mingling it with everyday life, art, and literature became less visible as academia trended toward expressing purer representations of science. In 1885, Lewis retired to Media, just down the road from here, which was and is the home of the Delaware County Institute of Science. We’re talking about Lewis as a natural scientist today, but there are others who know her better as an abolitionist and activist for women’s suffrage. Letters in FHL document her experience working in the Underground Railroad. Lewis illustrated various types of asters, which we can see here.
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- record
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Attribution
- Citation:
- "Climbing Aster (Ampelaster carolinianus)", Quaker Roots Walking Tour, Friends Historical Library, https://github.com/QRoots/Quaker-Walking-Tour/items/qr23.html