Kindred Nature: Victorian and Edwardian Women Embrace the Living World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226284439)

In Kindred Nature, Barbara T. Gates highlights the contributions of Victorian and Edwardian women to the study, protection, and writing of nature. Recovering their works from the misrepresentation they often faced at the time of their composition, Gates discusses not just well-known women like Beatrix Potter but also others--scientists, writers, gardeners, and illustrators--who are little known today.

Some of these women discovered previously unknown species, others wrote and illustrated natural histories or animal stories, and still others educated women, the working classes, and children about recent scientific advances. A number of women also played pivotal roles in the defense of animal rights by protesting overhunting, vivisection, and habitat destruction, even as they demanded their own rights to vote, work, and enter universities.

Kindred Nature shows the enormous impact Victorian and Edwardian women had on the natural sciences and the environmental movement, and on our own attitudes toward nature and human nature.

Author: Barbara T. Gates
ISBN-10: 0226284433
ISBN-13: 9780226284439
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 02/15/1999
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.07w x 0.77d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 01/01/1999 pg. 122
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/1999 pg. 11 - Strongly Recommended
Booklist 12/01/1999 pg. 678
Booklist 12/01/1998