Re: women and plants

Tom Hodges (thodges@beta.tricity.wsu.edu)
Fri, 3 Mar 1995 22:15:12 -0800 (PST)

I suspect that most very early plant variety selection was done by women,
names are not available from 10-20,000 years ago of course.

Tom Hodges thodges@beta.tricity.wsu.edu

On Fri, 3 Mar 1995, DRAKE,GILLIAN ELEANORE,MS wrote:

> Greetings! I am a student at the Macdonald Campus of McGill, where the
> Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences is located. I am
> interested in women who have made significant contributions to
> agricultural or plant sciences for a presentation I am preparing. Any
> names would be appreciated, whether she passed away 1000 years ago, or
> is alive and well.
> Thank you,
> Gillian Drake
>
> xkcg@musicb.mcgill.ca
>