Women in Ecology Update

Looking for Women in Science (especially Ecology)? You can find a bunch of them here. For the last few years, we’ve been focusing on female ecologists, especially during Women’s History Month (March) each year. Visit our page devoted to these women for a full list of links.

The good news is we have much more to come! Thanks to the work of Dr. Jean Langenheim, we’ll be bringing you more profiles on women in ecology in the coming months. These latest profiles will feature one of Dr. Langenheim herself, ESA’s second female president and the foundation of our knowledge of Women in Ecology. Find us on Twitter (@ESAhistory, #womeninecology).

If we’ve counted right, ESA’s FIFTEENTH female president, Dr. Laura Huennecke, will take office next month. Twelve of these women have served in the last 30 years; five in the last ten years. Several are featured in microbiographies, but none has a full profile here. We welcome your participation in helping us fill these gaps!

: Dr. Alison Power

: Dr. Felicia Keesing

: Dr. Carol Brewer

: Dr. Nancy Grimm

: Dr. Judith Vergun

: Dr. Zakiya Leggett

: Dr. Mary Talbot

: Beverly Rathcke, 1945-2011

: Dr. Cynthia Hays

: Lois Hattery Tiffany (1924-2009) Iowa’s Mushroom Lady sparked interest in nature and the outdoors through outreach education. Photo courtesy Jean Tiffany Day.

: Dr. Bettie Willard used colored toothpicks to mark plants. At Rocky Mtn. National Park, 1961. Chase Davies photo.

: Dr. Saran Twombly

: Dr. Ann Bartuska

: Dr. Laura Huenneke

: Dr. Kristin Berry

: Dr. Emma Lucy Braun

: Dr. Jean Langenheim

: Dr. Harriet Barclay examines herbarium specimens at University of Tulsa. Her collections included more than 35,000 plants, many from her work in South America.