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Alice Eastwood

Collected by: Rooftop Alternative PreK-8 School

Archived since: Apr, 2017

Description:

Many of the world’s greatest scientists and engineers, including Alice Eastwood, have been greatly ignored over the years. Although most people have never heard her name, they should take some time to learn more. Many of the plants that you see in the California Academy of Sciences (nearly 1500 specimens), were saved by her on the day of the 1906 earthquake. She helped document several of the species that we live around today. Though seldom thanked and rarely thought of, It is very important to remember her act of bravery in times of disaster. This archive is created to document her life and her accomplishments as a female scientist in the early 1900s, and note her importance to our time.

Subject:   Science & Health Alice Eastwood, Botany, California Academy of Sciences, 1906 Earthquake, Peter Raven

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Title: Biodiversity Heritage Library: Celebrating Women's History Month: Alice Eastwood

URL: http://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2012/03/celebrating-womens-history-month-alice.html

Description: Shining a light on Alice Eastwood, one of the California Academy of Sciences' early female curators.

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Subject:   Alice Eastwood

Title: Alice Eastwood | Early Women in Science

URL: http://earlywomeninscience.biodiversityexhibition.com/en/card/alice-eastwood/

Description: Biodiversity Library Exhibition: Early Women in Science - Alice Eastwood (Botanist)

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Subject:   Alice Eastwood

Title: A handbook of the trees of California

URL: http://ia801007.us.archive.org/28/items/handbookoftreeso00east/handbookoftreeso00east.pdf

Description: A handbook of the trees of California by Alice Eastwood Published 1905 by California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco .

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Subject:   Trees

Title: Botany | California Academy of Sciences

URL: http://www.calacademy.org/scientists/botany/

Description: With a history of pioneering action that began in 1893 with botany curator Alice Eastwood, today's department is a robust collection of leading researchers, scientists, fellows, and students. Our resources include a 2 million-specimen collection containing more than 11,000 types, as well as the John T. Howell Botanical Laboratory.

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Subject:   Botany, California Academy of Sciences

Title: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Botany at the California Academy of Sciences (1853–2003)

URL: http://www.calacademy.org:8080/sites/default/files/assets/docs/pdf/history_botany_at_cas_pcas_v59apr08_daniel_pp_215-305lr.pdf

Description: A history of Botany at the California Academy of Sciences, includes III. EASTWOOD ERA AND A NEW BEGINNING (1891–1949)

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Subject:   Botany, California Academy of Sciences

Title: Who's In a Name: Alice Eastwood: People Commemorated in Eastern Sierra Plant Names

URL: http://www.cpp.edu/~larryblakely/whoname/who_east.htm

Description: Salix eastwoodiae is one of 8 California plant species named for Eastwood which contain 'eastwood' in the specific, subspecific, or varietal names; Erigeron aliceae, another California plant named for her, invokes her given name.

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Subject:   Alice Eastwood

Title: Wildflowers "I was there..." by Alice Eastwood, 1945

URL: http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Wildflowers

Description: Alice Eastwood, the pioneering botanist who worked on the staff of the California Academy of Sciences for more than six decades, compiled a valuable record of San Francisco's native plants in the late 1890s. In 1945 she wrote the following essay about how San Francisco once looked.

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Subject:   Wildflowers, Alice Eastwood

Title: SCIENTIST AT WORK: Dr. Peter S. Raven; Through Politicking for Plants, He Made His Garden Grow - The New York Times

URL: http://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/04/science/scientist-work-dr-peter-s-raven-through-politicking-for-plants-he-made-his.html

Description: Dr. Raven, botanist, evolutionary biologist and director of the Missouri Botanical Garden. At 8, Peter Raven became the youngest member of the California Academy of Sciences. By 10, he was comparing field notes with Alice Eastwood, the grand old lady of California botany, then 90.

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Subject:   Dr. Peter S. Raven

Title: Ten Historic Female Scientists You Should Know

URL: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-historic-female-scientists-you-should-know-84028788/

Description: Before Marie Curie, these women, including Alice Eastwood, dedicated their lives to science and made significant advances.

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Subject:   Female Scientists, Alice Eastwood

Title: Alice Eastwood/ - Wikipedia

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Eastwood

Description: Wikipedia page for Alice Eastwood (January 19, 1859 – October 30, 1953), Canadian American botanist.

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Subject:   Alice Eastwood

Title: The Earthquake and The California Academy of Sciences

URL: https://ia801701.us.archive.org/27/items/jstor-40594498/40594498.pdf

Description: Alice Eastwood's written account of the 1906 earthquake.

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Subject:   Alice Eastwood

Title: Alice Eastwood Camp Trail, Mount Tamalpais State Park | Hiking Project

URL: https://www.hikingproject.com/trail/7007287/alice-eastwood-camp-trail/

Description: This trail was named after Alice Eastwood a botanist and conservationist who lived from 1859-1953. She collected many important plant species on expeditions, published widely and saved important plant collections from the burning Academy of Sciences during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

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Title: The California Academy of Sciences Hero Versus the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake | Inverse

URL: https://www.inverse.com/article/14363-the-california-academy-of-sciences-hero-versus-the-1906-san-francisco-earthquake/

Description: A pioneering scientist named Alice Eastwood risked her skin to save an invaluable botanical collection.

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Subject:   Alice Eastwood

Title: Raven's Manzanita - Presidio of San Francisco (U.S. National Park Service)

URL: https://www.nps.gov/prsf/learn/nature/ravens-manzanita.htm

Description: The Raven's Manzanita is one of four rare perennial species that exist on serpentine. Only one single plant existed as of 1987. That plant is located in the Presidio. Since 1987, a number of clones have been propagated from cuttings off the parent plant and have been planted at several sites around the Presidio.

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Subject:   Raven's Manzanita (Arctostaphylos hookerii ssp. ravenii)

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