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Marianne North

October 24, 1830 - August 30, 1890
(Hastings, Great Britain - Alderley, Great Britain
)
Marianne North
Photo by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Picture
Painting: Nepenthes Northiana by Marianne North. Public Domain.
  • PAINTER
  • Traveled the world for nearly thirty years to paint hundreds of plants
  • DISCOVERED many new plant species
  • Contrary to conventional botanical illustrators of the time, who pictured specimens isolated, she drew plants in their native settings and with native animals
  • Traveled alone, without a chaperone, which was considered dangerous and uncivilized for a lady of her wealth and social stature
  • Visited six continents and many countries, including Japan, Australia, Jamaica, United States, Brazil, Borneo, Java, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, and South Africa
  • Sent THOUSANDS of specimens to renowned botanist Sir Joseph Hooker
  • Many plants were named after her (including the one pictured above, native to Borneo)
  • When traditional galleries were reluctant to showcase her work, she designed and funded the construction of her own gallery, the Marianne North Gallery, housing more than 800 of her paintings
  • Several of the plant species she painted are now extinct
  • (By the way -- did you notice that the photograph above was taken by Julia Margaret Cameron?)

Not So Awesome

Though North often flouted the restrictions society placed on women, she did not support women's suffrage, writing in her diary that she "would be terribly bored by the possession of a vote."
Bibliography: Gates, Barbara T. "North, Marianne." The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History, Vol. 3, Oxford University Press, 2008, 357-358.
Ross, Michael E. A World of Her Own: 24 Amazing Women Explorers and Adventurers. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, Inc., 2014. Print.
Birkett, Dea. (2019, March 30). Victorian lady travellers aren't feminist role models - they were tyrants. https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/03/victorian-lady-travellers-arent-feminist-role-models-they-were-tyrants/

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Books by this Awesome Woman

Abundant Beauty: The Adventurous Travels of Marianne North, Botanical Artist
A vision of Eden: The life and work of Marianne North
Recollections of a Happy Life, Being the Autobiography of Marianne North, Vol. 1 of 2

Biographies for Kids and Young Adults

Fearless World Traveler: Adventures of Marianne North
(picture book)

Research

Marianne North at Kew Gardens
Marianne North: The Kew Collection
Marianne North: A Very Intrepid Painter

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puzzle featuring a painting by Marianne North
100 Postcards featuring paintings by Marianne North

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    • Shirley Chisholm
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    • Ada Lovelace
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      • Stephanie Kwolek
      • Hedy Lamarr
      • Mary Leakey
      • Wangari Maathai
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      • Ellen Ochoa
      • Sally Ride
      • Stephanie Schwabe
      • Donna Shirley
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      • Peggy Whitson
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      • Florence Bascom
      • Katharine Burr Blodgett
      • Annie Jump Cannon
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      • Marie Curie
      • Lillian Gilbreth
      • Margaret E. Knight
      • Lise Meitner
      • Ynes Mexia
      • Maria Mitchell
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    • Yma Sumac
    • Maria Tallchief
    • Rosetta Tharpe
    • Raven Wilkinson
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    • Maija Isola
    • Lois Mailou Jones
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