Thursday Evening Salon Series: Mary Cynthia Dickerson

April 23 Working with Frogs and Toads: The Life of Mary Cynthia Dickerson Presented by Ann Fabian, Distinguished Professor of History and American Studies, Rutgers University This presentation will explore the life of Mary Cynthia Dickerson, the first woman to head a scientific department at the American Museum of Natural History. She wrote remarkable books on moths, butterflies, frogs and toads, but died in a New York asylum in 1923. Ann Fabian, Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers, New Brunswick, will explore her life in science, her accomplishments and her travails. Join Ann Fabian, professor at Rutgers, as she discusses the books of fauna written Mary Cynthia Dickerson, the remarkable author and first woman to head a scientific department at the Museum of Natural History.