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Katharine Foot

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Ella Strobell began working as Foot's assistant in 1897. In 1899, Strobell's name began coauthoring papers with Foot. Foot and Strobell were among the first to photograph the development stages of fertilized eggs and together researched the role of
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Group photo of researchers of the Marine Biology Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Third row, standing (left to right): - —(?), Pierre A. Fish, Cornelia M. Clapp, Sho Wakase, Katharine Foot, A. D. Morrill, Joseph C. Thompson (?), Esther F.
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to study native culture in the area. However, their opportunities for communicating with Native American communities did not work out as planned. In the 1890s Foot became a resident of
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Preliminary Note on the Results of Crossing Two Hemipterous Species with Reference to the Inheritance of an Exclusively Male Character and Its Bearing on Modern Chromosome Theories
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in hereditary, sex-linked characteristics. Additionally, they developed a technique for creating samples at low temperatures for viewing under the microscope.
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Results of Crossing Euschistus Variolarius and Euschistus Ictericus with Reference to the Inheritance of Two Exclusively Male Characters
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Preliminary Report of Crossing Two Hemipterous Species, with Reference to the Inheritance of a Second Exclusively Male Character
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described her being educated through private schools while growing up. Foot was a member of the New York Women's club
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and, in 1906, she was included in the list of 1,000 most important scientists in the United States in
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Between 1906 and 1913, Foot and Strobell researched certain stages of chromosomal development of
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Preliminary Note on the Maturation and Fertilization of the Egg of Allolobophora Foetida
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Determination of the Sex of the Offspring from a Single Pair of Pediculus Vestimenti
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The Nucleoli in the Spermatocytes and Germinal Vesicles of Euschistus variolarius
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delegated Foot to work on the maturation and fertilization of the egg of the
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for a period in the 1930s, but moved to the United States by the time of the
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Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900
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in 1894. In 1896, she became the first woman to give a lecture at the
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The Centrosomes of the Fertilization egg of Allolobophora Foetida.
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considered her a significant contributor to the emerging field of
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Preliminary Note on the Spermatogenesis of Pediculus Vestimenti
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Women Scientists in America: Struggles and Strategies to 1940
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She wrote a paper on the subject that appeared in the
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Further Notes on the Cocoons of Allolobophora foetida
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who conducted research with her laboratory partner,
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Garrison, N.Y., The Science Press. 523: 521: 519: 517: 515: 489: 487: 485: 483: 481: 479: 279:, Foot went on to volunteer for the 136:Women's National Indian Association 635:People from Camden, South Carolina 14: 16:American zoologist and cytologist 645:Biologists from New York (state) 625:20th-century American zoologists 615:19th-century American zoologists 530:Encyclopedia of World Scientists 498:. Scarecrow Press. p. 103. 318:Wood's Holl Mar. Bio. Lab. Lect. 298:to develop a method of control. 650:Biologists from South Carolina 532:. Facts on File. p. 241. 233:. Her lecture was titled "The 116:in 1852. The first edition of 1: 450:Notes on Pediculus Vestimenti 338:Yolk-nucleus and Polar Rings 640:People from Geneva, New York 528:Oakes, Elizabeth H. (2007). 464:Timeline of women in science 152:Marine Biological Laboratory 666: 328:Centrosome and Archoplasm 237:of the fertilized egg of 156:Woods Hole, Massachusetts 79: 58: 610:American cell biologists 429:Foot and Strobell, 1917 421:Foot and Strobell, 1914 413:Foot and Strobell, 1913 405:Foot and Strobell, 1909 397:Foot and Strobell, 1907 389:Foot and Strobell, 1905 381:Foot and Strobell, 1902 373:Foot and Strobell, 1901 365:Foot and Strobell, 1898 170:American Men of Science 146:where she resided with 119:American Men of Science 201: 185:Camden, South Carolina 130:, the American Indian 239:Allolobophora foetida 231:Woods Hole Laboratory 226:Journal of Morphology 219:Allolobophora foetida 210:Charles Ottis Whitman 198: 294:Pediculus vestimenti 98:Ella Church Strobell 281:American Red Cross 275:By the end of the 270:New College Oxford 202: 162:Thomas Hunt Morgan 144:Evanston, Illinois 112:Foot was born in 83: 82: 60:Scientific career 657: 584: 583: 565: 559: 558: 550: 544: 543: 525: 510: 509: 491: 266:Harry Eltringham 181:Second World War 114:Geneva, New York 36:Geneva, New York 19: 665: 664: 660: 659: 658: 656: 655: 654: 590: 589: 588: 587: 580: 567: 566: 562: 552: 551: 547: 540: 527: 526: 513: 506: 493: 492: 477: 472: 460: 304: 277:First World War 208:in Woods Hole, 193: 110: 38: 33: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 663: 661: 653: 652: 647: 642: 637: 632: 627: 622: 617: 612: 607: 602: 592: 591: 586: 585: 579:978-0801825095 578: 560: 545: 539:978-0816061587 538: 511: 505:978-0810832879 504: 474: 473: 471: 468: 467: 466: 459: 456: 455: 454: 446: 438: 430: 422: 414: 406: 398: 390: 382: 374: 366: 358: 351: 344: 335: 325: 314: 303: 300: 192: 189: 175:Foot lived in 148:Orrington Lunt 128:Alice Fletcher 109: 106: 86:Katharine Foot 81: 80: 77: 76: 67: 63: 62: 56: 55: 52: 48: 47: 44: 40: 39: 34: 30: 26: 25: 23:Katherine Foot 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 662: 651: 648: 646: 643: 641: 638: 636: 633: 631: 628: 626: 623: 621: 618: 616: 613: 611: 608: 606: 603: 601: 598: 597: 595: 581: 575: 571: 564: 561: 556: 549: 546: 541: 535: 531: 524: 522: 520: 518: 516: 512: 507: 501: 497: 490: 488: 486: 484: 482: 480: 476: 469: 465: 462: 461: 457: 452: 451: 447: 444: 443: 439: 436: 435: 431: 428: 427: 423: 420: 419: 415: 412: 411: 407: 404: 403: 399: 396: 395: 391: 388: 387: 383: 380: 379: 375: 372: 371: 367: 364: 363: 359: 356: 352: 349: 345: 343: 341: 336: 333: 329: 326: 323: 319: 315: 312: 309: 306: 305: 301: 299: 297: 295: 290: 286: 282: 278: 273: 271: 267: 263: 259: 258:New York City 255: 250: 248: 242: 240: 236: 232: 228: 227: 222: 220: 215: 211: 207: 206:invertebrates 197: 190: 188: 186: 182: 178: 173: 171: 167: 163: 159: 157: 153: 149: 145: 141: 137: 133: 129: 125: 121: 120: 115: 107: 105: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 78: 75: 71: 68: 64: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 31: 27: 20: 569: 563: 554: 548: 529: 495: 449: 441: 433: 425: 417: 409: 401: 393: 385: 377: 369: 361: 354: 347: 339: 331: 321: 317: 310: 302:Bibliography 292: 274: 251: 243: 238: 224: 217: 203: 174: 169: 160: 132:ethnographer 117: 111: 85: 84: 59: 605:1944 deaths 600:1852 births 355:J. 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Geneva, New York
zoology
cytology
zoologist
cytologist
Ella Church Strobell
micrographs
Geneva, New York
American Men of Science
Sorosis
Alice Fletcher
ethnographer
Women's National Indian Association
Alaska
Evanston, Illinois
Orrington Lunt
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Thomas Hunt Morgan
genetics
London
Second World War
Camden, South Carolina

invertebrates
Charles Ottis Whitman
earthworm
Allolobophora foetida
Journal of Morphology
Woods Hole Laboratory

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