Talk:Vivian Lee Bowden

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A fact from Vivian Lee Bowden appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 April 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that as part of her influential research on the garden strawberry, Vivian Lee Bowden discovered the unpublished drawings of early French botanist Antoine Nicolas Duchesne?

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This page was written as part of the Writing Women in STEM into Wikipedia - Editathon 2021 at Oregon State University. Vivian Lee Bowden is an excellent example of a woman whose contributions to the history of science were nearly erased. She made her discovery at age 19 as an undergraduate, and lacked the credentials of her co-author George Darrow. It would have been a great embarassment to him to share co-authorship with an undergraduate, so her role was hidden in the preface, and missed by almost all subsequent users of her chapters. The limited number of secondary sources is due to the fact that almost all only cite Darrow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aaron Liston (talk • contribs) 03:21, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Secondary Sources

Five secondary sources have been added since the "relies too much on primary sources" flag was added. This brings the total to 7 secondary sources. Is that sufficient? Is there any objection removing the flag? --Aaron Liston (talk) 03:34, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Images

I am aware of 3 publications that include images of the drawings, from 1964, 1966 and 1983. My impression is that all are under copyright. --Aaron Liston (talk) 22:16, 20 March 2021 (UTC) — Preceding --Aaron Liston (talk) 03:38, 21 March 2021 (UTC) [reply]

Book reviews for "The Strawberry: History, breeding and physiology"

Book reviews of "The Strawberry..." are found at https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19680300487 and https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19681601719 These pages are viewable when accessed from: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C38&q=darrow+strawberry&oq=st Access from the www.cabdirect.org URLs requires an account. The authors and sources of these reviews are not included with the CAB Direct entries, and require further research. Note that one book review states that Vivian Lee authored three chapters, the other states five. The correct number is four (Chapters 3,4,5 and 6). --Aaron Liston (talk) 16:48, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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One thing that would be great would be to link her master's thesis. Tagging Aaron Liston... I wasn't able to find anything via Google Scholar. Would you have any leads? = paul2520 💬 02:24, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent edits Paul2520 - thank you very much! Unfortunately, I do not have any leads on her master's thesis. She may have used the chapters from The Strawberry - the scholarship is really outstanding. But that is just a guess. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎ Aaron Liston (talk • contribs) 03:14, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh that's fair. I might do a bit more digging, but that would make sense if true. = paul2520 💬 23:41, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]