Maria Merian’s Metamorphosis

07/16/22 • 21 min

(Samantha) Maria Sibylla Merian was born in 1647 – a time when women were not expected to thrive as artists or scientists but she defied all odds to become both and in the process she illuminated the process of metamorphosis.

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Footnoting History - Maria Merian’s Metamorphosis

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When Maria Sibylla Merian was born in middle of the 17th century, women were not supposed to be artists or scientists. But she managed to defy expectations and to thrive in both capacities as she illuminated to process of metamorphosis. Learn more today on Footnoting History!

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Hello, and welcome to Footnoting History. I’m your host, Sam, and today I’ll be talking about Maria Sibylla Merian – the late 17th-century entomologist. I ac