for The Cincinnati Female Seminary & Rachel Littler Bodley
An elite school in the 1840-1870 period.
Cincinnati Enquirer, 1935
The building was torn down in the 1960s for a freeway.
1859
The school had an adjacent gymnasium---a Calisthenium---and a museum with an herbarium."It will be a safe depository, where our scientific friends may leave as many curiosities as they chose."
One herbarium that was said to have been donated to the museum was Joseph Clark's.
Rachel Littler Bodley (1831-1888)
This celebratory photograph may have been taken in 1865 with her
Herbarium of Joseph Clark catalog and its marbleized cover proudly displayed.
A copy of her book without its title label.
You may have noticed her patchwork overskirt. See a post discussing
the garment here:
Wreath of Rosebuds by Becky Brown
Beatrice, Nebraska Women's Tribune
Rachel died suddenly of heart failure at the age of 57, much mourned by
students and feminists.
Rosa carolina
One realizes how ephemeral these dried plant collections were. No record seems to exist today of hers or Joseph Clark's Herbariums.
Wreath of Rosebuds by Becky Collis
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