Mary Amelia St. Clair Sinclair (1863-1946)

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-3405]

Creator: Ismay, Olive

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2009-3405

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Summary

Mary Amelia St. Clair Sinclair (1863-1946) often wrote under name "May Sinclair." The caption to this photo said that "In her interesting novel Mary Oliver [May Sinclair] mistook the handing down of harmful attitudes and prejudices through teachings for the actual physical inheritance of traits. We do not inherit prejudices, the geneticist tells us, we are taught them.

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Sinclair, May

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2009-3405

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Black-and-white photographs

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SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-3405]