Mary Vaux Walcott was known as the Audubon of botany for her illustrations of North American wildflowers.
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In 1843, photographer and botanist Anna Atkins became the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographs.
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Ynes Mexia became a botanist at the age of 55, and on her many worldwide expeditions she gathered thousands of specimens.
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The first female ranger-naturalist at the Grand Canyon, Pauline Mead Patraw, fell in love with the Canyon on a school trip when she was studying botany.
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