{
  "id": "blossoming-scientists",
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "Blossoming Scientists: Women’s Travel Writing, Botany and Scientific Endeavours",
  "author": [
    {
      "literal": "Nicole Vankooten"
    }
  ],
  "container-title": "Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science",
  "volume": "12",
  "issue": "1",
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2025,
        5,
        14
      ]
    ]
  },
  "URL": "https://spontaneousgenerations.com/articles/blossoming-scientists/",
  "page": "33-39",
  "DOI": "10.4245/sponge.v12i1.24247",
  "abstract": "The diverse spaces occupied by women in travel writing, especially in Scotland, have been increasingly studied by scholars. The traveller can be seen as a data collector in the sciences, either through written observation or preserving physical items. I argue that travel writing historically allowed women to contribute to scientific discourse through their observations of the environment and specimen collection, as highlighted in the Scottish context. This paper draws from the 1903 travel diary of Jennie Fleming by examining her descriptions of the environment and flower pressings. Botany in particular was seen as a respectable way for women to participate in science. This research dives into questions surrounding citizen science and how it has historically been a space for women’s contributions, while also discussing how these spaces have been disregarded and continue to be looked down upon by some academics. Lasting misogynistic culture in STEM makes this research instrumental in legitimizing historical women’s contributions to the scientific community.",
  "keyword": "travel writing; botany; women in science; citizen science; Scotland"
}