Marion Delf-Smith: Botanical Trailblazer and Champion of Women’s Botany

Marion Delf-Smith, a British botanist and pioneer in botanical education.

Westfield: A Place for Women’s Botany February 23, 1980 Today is the anniversary of the death of the British botanist and botanical pioneer Marion Delf-Smith. A botanical trailblazer, Marion started the botany program at London’s Westfield (a women’s college preparatory school) in 1906. To make the program a reality, Marion fundraised relentlessly, and then she…

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