Lost Women of Science Conversations - Brave the Wild River
Lost Women of Science Conversations - Brave the Wild River  
Podcast: Lost Women of Science
Published On: Thu Dec 05 2024
Description: Two female botanists – Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter – made headlines for riding the rapids of the Colorado River in 1938 in an effort to document the Grand Canyon’s plant life. In Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, author Melissa L. Sevigny retraces their journey and shows how the ambitious river expedition, one that many believed impossible for women, changed not only Clover and Jotter but also our understanding of botany in this remote corner of the American West. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices