28:
240:
During WW2 Pettibone worked in a shipyard for the war effort. As she was in line for her interview she overheard that the men that were in the other line to sign up for welding jobs were going to be paid much more than the women applying for secretarial work. She switched lines and became a welder.
253:, which was published in 1963. It was so popular it was re-printed twenty years later, in 1983. During her career she published 84 papers, most of which were single-authored. She authored 77 genera and 172 species. 73 genera and 147 species remain valid today.
231:
Pettibone retired in 1978 because of the federal age mandatory retirement rules, but was still active in her field as a
Curator Emerita until a few years before her death. She has 33 species and 3 genera named after her.
322:
352:
327:
317:
342:
347:
337:
332:
312:
225:
162:
140:
217:
135:
213:
209:
205:
190:
130:
92:
221:
201:
159:
27:
208:, Seattle in 1945 to 1949. In 1949 she moved to Washington, D.C. and became a research associate at the
307:
302:
197:
186:
112:
87:
271:
Marine
Polychaete Worms of the New England Region: I. Families Aphroditidae Through Trochochaetidae
52:
182:
82:
165:
invertebrate zoology department. She was known for her work on worms, specializing in
296:
56:
249:
While at the
University of New Hampshire Pettibone wrote part 1 of her work called "
289:, showing specimens collected and/or identified by Pettibone, and science enabled
241:
She was a quality control manager in her welding section before the war ended.
170:
166:
116:
48:
196:
Pettibone began in 1930 as a research and laboratory assistant at the
216:. Then in 1953 she became an Associate Professor of zoology at the
185:
and received her BS in 1930. In 1932 she received her MS from the
286:
220:
until she moved back to
Washington, D.C., in 1963 to work at the
200:
until 1933. She then became a biology instructor at
204:in Portland, Oregon, from 1935 to 1942, and at the
123:
108:
75:
63:
34:
18:
251:Marine Polychaete Worms of the New England Region"
8:
273:. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
26:
15:
323:20th-century American non-fiction writers
261:
353:20th-century American women scientists
7:
328:20th-century American women writers
226:National Museum of Natural History
163:National Museum of Natural History
141:National Museum of Natural History
14:
169:. She was the world authority on
158:(1908–2003) was a curator at the
318:20th-century American biologists
228:as the Curator of Polychaetes.
202:St. Helen's Hall Junior College
189:, and in 1947 her PhD from the
156:Marilyn "Marian" Hope Pettibone
343:Smithsonian Institution people
1:
20:Marilyn "Marian" H. Pettibone
348:21st-century American women
338:University of Oregon alumni
218:University of New Hampshire
136:University of New Hampshire
369:
333:Linfield University alumni
269:Pettibone, Marian (1963).
313:American women biologists
149:
101:
25:
214:Office of Naval Research
210:Johns Hopkins University
206:University of Washington
191:University of Washington
131:Johns Hopkins University
93:University of Washington
181:Pettibone studied at
198:University of Oregon
187:University of Oregon
113:Invertebrate zoology
88:University of Oregon
287:Profile on Bionomia
173:during her career.
153:
152:
103:Scientific career
67:December 18, 2003
360:
275:
274:
266:
183:Linfield College
83:Linfield College
70:
44:
42:
30:
16:
368:
367:
363:
362:
361:
359:
358:
357:
293:
292:
283:
278:
268:
267:
263:
259:
247:
238:
179:
177:Life and career
145:
97:
76:Alma mater
68:
59:
46:
40:
38:
21:
12:
11:
5:
366:
364:
356:
355:
350:
345:
340:
335:
330:
325:
320:
315:
310:
305:
295:
294:
291:
290:
282:
281:External links
279:
277:
276:
260:
258:
255:
246:
243:
237:
234:
178:
175:
151:
150:
147:
146:
144:
143:
138:
133:
127:
125:
121:
120:
110:
106:
105:
99:
98:
96:
95:
90:
85:
79:
77:
73:
72:
71:(aged 95)
65:
61:
60:
47:
36:
32:
31:
23:
22:
19:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
365:
354:
351:
349:
346:
344:
341:
339:
336:
334:
331:
329:
326:
324:
321:
319:
316:
314:
311:
309:
306:
304:
301:
300:
298:
288:
285:
284:
280:
272:
265:
262:
256:
254:
252:
244:
242:
235:
233:
229:
227:
223:
219:
215:
211:
207:
203:
199:
194:
192:
188:
184:
176:
174:
172:
168:
164:
161:
160:Smithsonian's
157:
148:
142:
139:
137:
134:
132:
129:
128:
126:
122:
118:
114:
111:
107:
104:
100:
94:
91:
89:
86:
84:
81:
80:
78:
74:
66:
62:
58:
57:United States
54:
50:
37:
33:
29:
24:
17:
270:
264:
250:
248:
245:Publications
239:
236:World War II
230:
195:
180:
155:
154:
124:Institutions
102:
69:(2003-12-18)
45:July 8, 1908
308:2003 deaths
303:1908 births
222:Smithsonian
167:polychaetes
297:Categories
257:References
171:polynoidae
117:polychaete
53:Washington
41:1908-07-08
212:and the
49:Spokane
109:Fields
64:Died
35:Born
224:'s
299::
193:.
55:,
51:,
119:)
115:(
43:)
39:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
