LEADER 03198oam 2200553 450 001 9910794242003321 005 20240215160555.0 010 $a3-906927-04-0 010 $a3-906927-05-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000011612681 035 $a(OCoLC)1224579570 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse93973 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6408119 035 $a(PPN)254806899 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011612681 100 $a20210512d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGrowing wild $ethe correspondence of a pioneering woman naturalist from the Cape /$fMary Elizabeth Barber ; edited by Alan Cohen, Tanja Hammel, Jasmin Rindlisbacher 210 1$aBasel, Switzerland :$cBasler Afrika Bibliographien,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource) 225 1 $aLives, legacies, legends. 330 $a"Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818-1899), born in Britain, arrived in the Cape Colony in 1820 where she spent the rest of her life as a rolling stone, as she lived in and near Grahamstown, the diamond and gold fields, Pietermaritzburg, Malvern near Durban and on various farms in the eastern part of the Cape Colony. She has been perceived as 'the most advanced woman of her time', yet her legacy has attracted relatively little attention. She was the first woman ornithologist in South Africa, one of the first who propagated Darwin's theory of evolution, an early archaeologist, keen botanist and interested lepidopterist. In her scientific writing, she propagated a new gender order; positioned herself as a feminist avant la lettre without relying on difference models and at the same time made use of genuinely racist argumentation. This is the first publication of her edited scientific correspondence. The letters -- transcribed by Alan Cohen, who has written a number of biographical articles on Barber and her brothers -- are primarily addressed to the entomologist Roland Trimen, the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London. Today, the letters are housed at the Royal Entomological Society in St Albans. This book also includes a critical introduction by historian Tanja Hammel who has published a number of articles and is about to publish a monograph on Mary Elizabeth Barber."--ProQuest 410 0$aLives, legacies, legends. 606 $aWomen naturalists$zSouth Africa$vCorrespondence 607 $aSouth Africa$xHistory$xCorrespondence 607 $aSouth Africa$xSocial life and customs$xHistory 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zAfrica$xHistory 607 $aAfrica$2fast 607 $aSouth Africa$2fast 608 $aHistory.$2fast 608 $aPersonal correspondence.$2fast 608 $aPersonal correspondence.$2lcgft 615 0$aWomen naturalists 676 $a574.0922 700 $aBarber$b Mary Elizabeth$f1818-1899,$01589054 702 $aCohen$b Alan 702 $aHammel$b Tanja 702 $aRindlisbacher$b Jasmin 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794242003321 996 $aGrowing wild$93883288 997 $aUNINA