Article ID: CBB001422102

The Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole) and the Scientific Advancement of Women in the Early 20th Century: The Example of Mary Jane Hogue (1883--1962) (2015)

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The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, MA provided opportunities for women to conduct research in the late 19th and early 20th century at a time when many barriers existed to their pursuit of a scientific career. One woman who benefited from the welcoming environment at the MBL was Mary Jane Hogue. Her remarkable career as an experimental biologist spanned over 55 years. Hogue was born into a Quaker family in 1883 and received her undergraduate degree from Goucher College. She went to Germany to obtain an advanced degree, and her research at the University of Würzburg with Theodor Boveri resulted in her Ph.D. (1909). Although her research interests included experimental embryology, and the use of tissue culture to study a variety of cell types, she is considered foremost a protozoologist. Her extraordinary demonstration of chromidia (multiple fission) in the life history of a new species of Flabellula associated with diseased oyster beds is as important as it is ignored. We discuss Hogue's career path and her science to highlight the importance of an informal network of teachers, research advisors, and other women scientists at the MBL all of whom contributed to her success as a woman scientist.

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Authors & Contributors
Farris, Kimberly Paige
Jeremy J. D. Greenwood
Rosella Perugi
James Parry
Richards, Eliza
Goodman, Martin
Concepts
Women in science
Science and gender
Science and society
Social class
Scientific literature
Professions and professionalization
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
17th century
Places
United States
Germany
Sweden
Austria
Great Britain
England
Institutions
British Ornithologists' Union (BOU)
Women's Engineering Society
Oxford University
Linnean Society of London
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