While there's been a huge change in science where women are concerned, it all started with botany and women like Anna Atkins. — research scientist Vicki Funk, on Anna Atkins (image via The New York Public Library Digital Collection) Anna was a double threat: an accomplished botanist, yes, but also the first woman to create a photograph. Her first book of prints only circulated in the dozens of copies, but eh, who today cares? When you're the first, you're the first.
A Woman to Know: Anna Atkins
A Woman to Know: Anna Atkins
A Woman to Know: Anna Atkins
While there's been a huge change in science where women are concerned, it all started with botany and women like Anna Atkins. — research scientist Vicki Funk, on Anna Atkins (image via The New York Public Library Digital Collection) Anna was a double threat: an accomplished botanist, yes, but also the first woman to create a photograph. Her first book of prints only circulated in the dozens of copies, but eh, who today cares? When you're the first, you're the first.