gynecology

There's a brief bio and a much later photo of her at this page (scroll down, a little past half way): www.med.yale.edu/library/historical/about/founders/donors... "Gertrude Van Wagenen, a Yale research scientist, bequeathed, through her brother, Anthony van Wagenen, her marvelous collection of illustrated anatomical works as well as goiter dolls and ivory anatomical manikins. Married to Crawford F. Failey, M.D., who inherited great wealth, she began collecting on travels abroad in the 1920s. Van Wagenen obtained her Ph.D. at the University of Iowa in 1919. Beginning in 1931, commuting from her home in New York City, she established a research laboratory and colony of macaque monkeys, at Yale, and carried out pioneering research on the reproductive biology of primates. Her modest official title as Research Associate in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Lecturer in Anatomy, belied her many scientific achievements. Van Wagenen’s collection included several triple folio works such as the eighteenth-century color mezzotints of anatomies by Jacques Gautier d’Agoty." She doesn't have a Wikipedia entry. Yet.

These are wonderful details, Penny. Let's get her up on Wikipedia! Effie, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Beautiful portrait !

Smithsonian Institution Done! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Van_Wagenen

Penny, way to go! Her name will grow in notoriety! Cheers, Effie

A 2010 blog post about Macfarlane, for Ada Lovelace Day: amovablearchives.blogspot.com/2010/03/could-catharine-mac...

pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) Thank you for this link! Such an interesting post. Susannah Smithsonian Institution Archives

Very different portrait of her at Changing the Face of Medicine: www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biog...

pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) Thanks, Penny! Susannah Smithsonian Institution Archives