Virtual Event | Mischievous Creatures: Margaretta Hare Morris, Elizabeth Carrington Morris, and the Birth of American Science

Event Details

End: May 14, 2024
Contact: libraryprogram@nyhistory.org
More Info: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/primary-source-mischievous-creatures?date=2024-05-14

You are invited on Tuesday, May 14th from 6:00 to 7:00pm EST to "Primary Source: Mischievous Creatures," a public program offered by the New-York Historical Society via Zoom.


In her book Mischievous Creatures, historian Catherine McNeur uncovers the lives and work of Margaretta Hare Morris and Elizabeth Carrington Morris, sisters and scientists in early America. Margaretta, an entomologist, was famous among her peers and the public for her research on 17-year cicadas and other troublesome insects. Elizabeth, a botanist, was a prolific illustrator and a trusted supplier of specimens to the country’s leading experts. In conversation with Valerie Paley, McNeur reveals how New-York Historical’s library collections changed the course of her research and how these pioneering sisters contributed to the birth of American science.