November 30 - December 6

Woman of the Week

Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, a naturalist, is this week's Woman of the Week.

To learn about her by viewing her item record, please click on her image.
To read her biographical sketch in A Woman of the Century, please click on the highlighted page number to the left of her image.

AGASSIZ, Mrs. Elizabeth Cabot

December 5, 1822

naturalist

Boston, MA

p. 10

Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, one of the founders of Radcliffe College and its first president, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 5, 1822.

The Atlantic Monthly, which published her "An Amazonian Picnic" in March 1866, is one periodical that included pieces by this talented author, naturalist, educator, and educational administrator. Married to scientist Louis Agassiz, she also wrote his biography.

She passed away on June 27, 1907.

November 30 - December 6

Woman of the Week

Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, a naturalist, is this week's Woman of the Week.

To learn about her by viewing her item record, please click on her image.

To read her biographical sketch in A Woman of the Century, please click on the highlighted page number to the left of her image.