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.
Archive-It Program Year:
2016-2017 Student Collections
Contributor:
Kai C.
Creator:
Rooftop Alternative PreK-8 School
Publisher:
Rooftop Alternative PreK-8 School
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Biodiversity Heritage Library: Celebrating Women's History Month: Alice Eastwood
Description: Shining a light on Alice Eastwood, one of the California Academy of Sciences' early female curators.
Publisher:
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Subject:
Alice Eastwood
Alice Eastwood | Early Women in Science
Description: Biodiversity Library Exhibition: Early Women in Science - Alice Eastwood (Botanist)
Publisher:
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Subject:
Alice Eastwood
A handbook of the trees of California
Description: A handbook of the trees of California by Alice Eastwood Published 1905 by California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco .
Creator:
Alice Eastwood
Publisher:
California Academy of Sciences
Subject:
Trees
Botany | California Academy of Sciences
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.
Creator:
California Academy of Sciences
One Hundred and Fifty Years of Botany at the California Academy of Sciences (1853–2003)
Description: A history of Botany at the California Academy of Sciences, includes III. EASTWOOD ERA AND A NEW BEGINNING (1891–1949)
Publisher:
The California Academy of Science
Who's In a Name: Alice Eastwood: People Commemorated in Eastern Sierra Plant Names
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.
Subject:
Alice Eastwood
Wildflowers "I was there..." by Alice Eastwood, 1945
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.
Publisher:
FoundSF
Subject:
Wildflowers, Alice Eastwood
SCIENTIST AT WORK: Dr. Peter S. Raven; Through Politicking for Plants, He Made His Garden Grow - The New York Times
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.
Creator:
Nancy Beth Jackson
Subject:
Dr. Peter S. Raven
Ten Historic Female Scientists You Should Know
Description: Before Marie Curie, these women, including Alice Eastwood, dedicated their lives to science and made significant advances.
Creator:
Smithsonian Magazine
Publisher:
Smithsonian Magazine
Subject:
Female Scientists, Alice Eastwood
Alice Eastwood/ - Wikipedia
Description: Wikipedia page for Alice Eastwood (January 19, 1859 – October 30, 1953), Canadian American botanist.
Creator:
Wikipedia
Subject:
Alice Eastwood
The Earthquake and The California Academy of Sciences
Description: Alice Eastwood's written account of the 1906 earthquake.
Publisher:
JSTOR
Subject:
Alice Eastwood
Alice Eastwood Camp Trail, Mount Tamalpais State Park | Hiking Project
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.
Creator:
REI Hiking Project
The California Academy of Sciences Hero Versus the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake | Inverse
Description: A pioneering scientist named Alice Eastwood risked her skin to save an invaluable botanical collection.
Publisher:
Inverse Culture
Subject:
Alice Eastwood
Raven's Manzanita - Presidio of San Francisco (U.S. National Park Service)
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.
Publisher:
National Parks Service
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