Because of the prejudice against irish immigrant workers the family name was changed from meara to merrill after her widowed mother moved the family to chicago.

Mary agnes chase gif. 1924 1941 contains a copy of the itinerary of carl von martius s 1817 1820 exploring trip to brazil. She was born mary agnes meara in iroquois county illinois the daughter of a railroad blacksmith from tipperary ireland who died when she was two years old. View more collections from the smithsonian institution. She is considered one of the world s outstanding agrostologists and is known for her work on the study of grasses and for her work as a suffragist.

Photographs documenting mary agnes chase s field work in brazil 1924 1925. Photographs documenting mary agnes chase s field work in brazil 1924 1925. Mary agnes chase 1869 1963 became interested in botanical work when her brother in law s 13 year old son virginius encouraged her to take him botanizing. Mary agnes meara chase april 29 1869 september 24 1963 was an american botanist who worked at the u s.

Mary agnes chase correspondence and notes documenting her research on grasses in brazil and puerto rico c. View more collections from the smithsonian institution. Department of agriculture and the smithsonian institution. Although she attended grammar school agnes chase was expected to help.

Being a talented illustrator bryologist rev. Mary coyle chase born mary agnes mcdonough coyle. Donna maria and agnes chase at summit. Sia ru000229 box 20 folder 1.

After being inspired by the 1893 columbian plant collecting exposition agnes began studying flora in northern illinois and proof reading for inter ocean newspaper. Mary agnes chase s field work in brazil image no 1949. Sia ru000229 box 20 folder 1. Publication date 1924 topics botany botanists grasses collection sifieldbooks.

Mary agnes chase s field work in brazil image no. Mary agnes chase 1869 1963 devoted her life to the study of grasses working in the field as well through the smithsonian institution s national herbarium to expand existing knowledge about the plant she claimed holds the world together botanist author and agrostologist specialist in grasses chase traveled the world to collect and catalogue more than 10 000 species of grasses. Ellsworth jerome hill. Media in category mary agnes chase the following 93 files are in this category out of 93 total.

Accession 06 208 by chase mary agnes 1869 1963. Achnatherum aridum as stipa arida hc 1950 png 656 1 314. Achlaena piptostachya hc 1936 png 2 447 4 350. Pages in category mary agnes chase this category contains only the following page.

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