Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912

found: Warner, D. J. Graceanna Lewis ... 1979 (subj.)t.p. (Graceanna Lewis) p. 5 (1821-1912)

found: Lewis, Graceanna. Letter from Graceanna Lewis, Media, to Professor J.T. Rothrock, 1896 June 21 : autograph manuscript signed, 1896 June 21(signed Graceanna Lewis)

found: 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)