{"680082":{"#nid":"680082","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMischievous Creatures \u003C\/em\u003Eis the untold story of Margaretta Hare Morris and Elizabeth Carrington Morris, two sisters from Philadelphia who sped the growth of American science in the 19th century. In addition to\u003Cbr\u003Edescribing their lives, work, and why they should be remembered, Catherine McNeur will detail the many ways they were erased, how she stumbled upon them, and how their erasure speaks to issues of power in fields of science and history.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EAbout the Speaker\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECatherine McNeur is a professor of history at Portland State University and the award-winning author of \u003Cem\u003ETaming Manhattan: Environmental Battles in the Antebellum City \u003C\/em\u003Eand \u003Cem\u003EMischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll are welcome, but space is limited. Please RSVP \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:hacurry@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Evia email to Helen Anne Curry\u003C\/a\u003E if you plan to attend.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn this talk, historian Catherine McNeur discusses her book \u003Cem\u003EMischievous Creatures\u003C\/em\u003E, which recounts the untold story of Margaretta Hare Morris and Elizabeth Carrington Morris, two sisters who sped the growth of American science in the 19th century.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In this talk, historian Catherine McNeur discusses her book \u0022Mischievous Creatures,\u0022 which recounts the untold story of Margaretta Hare Morris and Elizabeth Carrington Morris, two sisters who sped the growth of American science in the 19th century."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2025-01-30 22:41:51","changed_gmt":"2025-01-30 22:44:45","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2025-04-07T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2025-04-07T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2025-04-07T17:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2025-04-07 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2025-04-07 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2025-04-07 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Old Civil Engineering Building, Room 104","extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"mailto:hacurry@gatech.edu","title":"RSVP via Email"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHelen Anne Curry\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:hacurry@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehacurry@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}