Episode 060 - Marie Clark Taylor | Botanist

<p>Alternate Title: Carpe Diem</p> <p>Emlyn tells Emma about the legendary botanist, Dr. Marie Clark Taylor, the first African American woman to receive a PhD in botany. Dr. Taylor was not only a top researcher in her field of photomorphogenesis, but she spent much of her career training science teachers in innovative teaching methods that involved the use of plants.</p> <p>Learn more about us and other women in science at our website <a href='http://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/'>www.stemfatalepodcast.com</a> </p> <p> </p> <p>Sources</p> <p>Main Story - Marie Clark Taylor</p> <ol><li style="font-weight:400;">“Women of Firsts: Marie Clark Taylor” by Lucy Dinsmore, Women in Horticulture. <a href='https://www.womeninhorticulture.com/post/woman-of-firsts-marie-clark-taylor'>https://www.womeninhorticulture.com/post/woman-of-firsts-marie-clark-taylor</a> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Warren, Wini. Black Women Scientists in the United States. Indiana University Press, 1999. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Plant Science Bulletin, Botanical Society of America, 1957. <a href='https://www.botany.org/PlantScienceBulletin/psb-1957-03-2.php'>https://www.botany.org/PlantScienceBulletin/psb-1957-03-2.php</a> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">“New Guinea Campaign”, Wikipedia. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Guinea_campaign'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Guinea_campaign</a> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">“Marie Taylor”, Wikipedia. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Taylor'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Taylor</a> </li> </ol><p>Women who Work </p> <ol><li style="font-weight:400;">Devitt, James. “Scientists Discover a New Connection Between the Eyes and Touch.” NYU, 2020. <a href='https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/july/scientists-discover-a-new-connection-between-the-eyes-and-touch.html'>https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/july/scientists-discover-a-new-connection-between-the-eyes-and-touch.html</a></li> </ol><p>Music</p> <p>“