Description: Mary Agnes Chase is known for her extensive contributions to the study of grasses, but who was Mary Agnes Chase? Why is her private life so shrouded in mystery, and how can we find out more.
Description: Botanist and suffragette, Mary Agnes Chase, led the Smithsonian's Herbarium, was the eminent expert on grasses, and at the age of 93, published a 3-volume index of U.S. grasses with over 80,000 species. #Groundbreaker
Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_9227,size=200,left]The foremost grass specialist of her time ended her formal education after grammar school. She began collecting and illustrating plants in her twenties, and was hired by Chicago's Field Museum in 1901 and later as a botanical illustrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Scientific illustration was a way for
Description: [view in English][edan-image:id=siris_sic_9227,size=200,left]La especialista de gramíneas más importante de su tiempo completó sus estudios formales en primaria. Empezó a ilustrar y coleccionar plantas a la edad de veinte años, consiguiendo un puesto en el Field Museum de Chicago en 1901 y después como ilustradora de botánica para el departamento de agricultura del gobierno