TY - BOOK AU - Gianquitto,Tina ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - "Good observers of nature": American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 AV - QH26 .G53 2007eb U1 - 508.092/273 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Athens, Ga. PB - University of Georgia Press KW - Women naturalists KW - United States KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Women botanists KW - Natural history KW - Nature in literature KW - Botany in literature KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-211) and index; Introduction. The languages of nature : an overview -- Botany's beautiful arrangement : Almira Phelps and Enlightenment science -- The pressure of hidden causes : Margaret Fuller and Romantic science -- The noble designs of nature : Susan Fenimore Cooper, natural science, and the picturesque aesthetic -- Spiders, ants, and carnivorous plants : Mary Treat and evolutionary science -- Epilogue. Human homes in nature's household : the emergence of a conservation ethic; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10375918 ER -