Ann B. Shteir is associate professor of humanities and director of the Graduate Programme in Women's Studies at York University.
"In 'Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science', Shteir weaves intriguing biographies of woman botanists into her intricate account of Victorian culture, science, and society. This elegant book is essential reading for anyone interested in plants and science."--'Nature' "There is much to admire in this book, and much that is fresh and new."--'Times Literary Supplement'"Argues convincingly that women in eighteenth-century Britain fully participated in the study of botany--beginning with their traditional work as herbalists and continuing with a knowledge of Linnaean taxonomy to the scientific study of plant physiology--but that gender issues kept them from defining themselves as scientists."--'Environmental History'
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