Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1900, June 11 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
1924 | B.S., Connecticut College, New London, Conn. |
1925 | M.S. in zoology, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
1928-1941 | Research associate, Department of Tropical Research, New York Zoological Society, New York, N.Y. |
1930-1934 | Team member, oceanographic explorations in bathysphere designed by William Beebe and Otis Barton, Nonsuch Island, Bermuda |
1934 | Descended 1,208 feet in bathysphere, a record for a woman that stood for three decades |
1936 | Led scientific expedition to the Kaieteur plateau and falls, British Guiana (present-day Guyana), sponsored by the New York Zoological Society |
1941 | Married Anthony Anable (died 1980) |
1942-1945 | Joined the American National Red Cross serving on the blood donor program and the Speakers Bureau of the Public Relations Department |
1953-1974 | Cofounder and officer, Mianus River Gorge Wildlife Refuge and Botanical Preserve, Westchester, N.Y. |
1988, Feb. 19 | Died, Fairfield, Conn. |