Mary Agnes Chase

Mary Agnes Meara Chase was an American botanist who worked at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Smithsonian Institution. She is considered one of the worlds outstanding agrostologists and is known for her work on the study of grasses and for her work as a suffragist.

Chase was born in Iroquois County, Illinois and held no formal education beyond grammar school. Chase made significant contributions to the field of botany, authored over 70 scientific publications, and was conferred with an honorary doctorate in science from the University of Illinois. She specialized in the study of grasses and conducted extensive field work in North and South America. Her field books from 1897 to 1959 are archived in the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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