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Description
Bust-length photograph. 2013-0200. Elizabeth Cabot Cary was born in 1822 in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1850, she married the renowned Swiss naturalist, Louis Agassiz. In the ensuing years, she organized, managed and accompanied her husband on several of his scientific expeditions (Thayer Expedition to Brazil in 1865, the Hassler Expedition in 1871) where she acted as scribe for the expeditions. She co-authored books on the expeditions with her husband. After he husband’s death, she was instrumental in the establishment of Radcliffe College and served as its first president.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print on cabinet card ; 6 1/2 x 4 3/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001490959CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary,, 1822-1907--Photographs Women naturalists--Massachusetts Author--Massachusetts--Boston College presidents--Massachusetts--Boston Photographic prints Portrait photographs Cabinet card photographs
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