| LC control no. | n 79030729 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912 |
| Located | York (Pa.) Philadelphia (Pa.) Media (Pa.) |
| Birth date | 1821-08-03 |
| Death date | 1912-02-25 |
| Place of birth | West Vincent (Pa. : Township) |
| Field of activity | Science Ornithology Suffrage Temperance Antislavery movements Scientific illustration |
| Affiliation | Kimberton Boarding School |
| Profession or occupation | Naturalists Illustrators |
| Found in | Warner, D. J. Graceanna Lewis ... 1979 (subj.) t.p. (Graceanna Lewis) p. 5 (1821-1912) Lewis, Graceanna. Letter from Graceanna Lewis, Media, to Professor J.T. Rothrock, 1896 June 21 : autograph manuscript signed, 1896 June 21 (signed Graceanna Lewis) Wikipedia.org, viewed April 10, 2020 (Graceanna Lewis (August 3, 1821-February 25, 1912); American naturalist, illustrator, social reformer; an expert in the field of ornithology; remembered as a pioneer female American scientist as well as an activist in the anti-slavery, temperance, and women's suffrage movements; born near West Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania; attended Kimberton Boarding School for Girls; became a teacher of botany and chemistry at a boarding school in York, Pennsylvania; studied ornithology in Philadelphia under John Cassin; was unable to obtain a college-level teaching position; gave lectures on naturalism and worked as a freelance scientific illustrator; spent the final decades of her life in her hometown of Media, PA) |
| Associated language | eng |
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