Agnes Chase (1869–1963), a diminutive but determined botanist, worked as a scientific illustrator and then as a renowned curator of grasses at the United States National Museum. Denied access to funded expeditions because she was a woman, Chase fearlessly set off on self-financed solo field trips across South America in the early 20th century. Chase was also among the radical women's suffrage demonstrators arrested for picketing the Wilson White House in 1918–1919, and she participated in the jailed suffragists’ hunger strike.
Arthrostylidium sarmentosum Pilg. in Urb.
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Object Details
- Collector
- [Mary] Agnes Chase
- Notes
- Publication unknown
- Hitchcock, A.S.
- Arthrostylidium sarmentosum (Poaceae). Collection: Chase 6730, leafy branch with inflorescence, culm. - 1930.
- Record Last Modified
- 19 Oct 2022
- Specimen Count
- 1
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- Botany
- Non-specimen graphic
- Botanical Art
- Published Name
- Arthrostylidium sarmentosum Pilg. in Urb.
- Data Source
- NMNH - Botany Dept.
- Other Numbers
- Botanical Art Plate Link : 0356
- Taxonomy
- Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Bambusoideae
- Preparation
- pen and ink
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmnhbotany_10969937