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Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, geborene Cary (* 5. Dezember 1822 in Boston, Massachusetts; † 27. Juni 1907 in Arlington Heights, Massachusetts), war eine US-amerikanische Erzieherin und Naturkundlerin sowie die erste Präsidentin des Radcliffe College.
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz ( pseudonym, Actaea; née Cary; December 5, 1822 – June 27, 1907) was an American educator, naturalist, writer, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College. A researcher of natural history, she was an author and illustrator of natural history texts as well as a co-author of natural history ...
Born in Boston to a prominent family, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz was educated at home. In 1879 she became chair of the Committee of Seven Lady Managers who, with the approval of Harvard’s president, put forth a plan to provide education equal to a Harvard College degree to qualified young women ready to pursue a course of study in Cambridge.
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (born Dec. 5, 1822, Boston, Mass., U.S.—died June 27, 1907, Arlington Heights, Mass.) was an American naturalist and educator who was the first president of Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Elizabeth Cary was related to many of Boston’s leading families.
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December 5, 2016. Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, in an undated photo. Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons. The story of Harvard University starts with its establishment in 1636. The story of women...
16. Nov. 2017 · This chapter analyzes women’s scientific gaze through a close reading of Elizabeth Cary Agassiz’s travel narrative, A Journey in Brazil (1868), which she co-authored with her husband, famed Harvard scientist Louis Agassiz. A staunch creationist, Agassiz...
A self-taught naturalist and educator, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz remains an important figure in the history of women's higher education in America.
