“The lives and thoughts of American women field naturalists as researched and presented by Marcia Myers Bonta make a raadable and thought-provoking book. The book includes 18th-century "pioneers," early "naturalists" such as {{w|Mary Treat}}, an experimenter with {{w|carnivorous plant}}s and a correspondent of Darwin's, and botanists, entomologists, {{w|Ornithology|ornithologist}}s, and ecologists up to Rachel Carson in the 20th century.”