Smitten by Giraffe
My Life as a Citizen Scientist
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 2016
253 pages
978-0-7735-9974-1 (ISBN)
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In Smitten by Giraffe the noted zoologist and feminist Anne Innis Dagg reflects on her scientific work as well as the leading role she has played in numerous activist campaigns, offering an inside perspective on the workings of scientific research and debate, the history of academia, and the rise of second-wave feminism.
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Anne Innis Dagg, a member of the Order of Canada, works with the Anne Innis Dagg Foundation to support the conservation of giraffe throughout Africa.Anne Innis Dagg, a member of the Order of Canada, works with the Anne Innis Dagg Foundation to support the conservation of giraffe throughout Africa.
Anne Innis Dagg, a member of the Order of Canada, works with the Anne Innis Dagg Foundation to support the conservation of giraffe throughout Africa.Anne Innis Dagg, a member of the Order of Canada, works with the Anne Innis Dagg Foundation to support the conservation of giraffe throughout Africa.
Content
- Cover
- SMITTEN BY GIRAFFE
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Illustrations
- 1 Family Life
- 2 Giraffe Research in Africa
- 3 Research, First Teaching, and Earning a PhD
- 4 Being a Professor: Teaching and Research
- 5 Completing Research on Animal Gaits
- 6 First Scientific Book on Giraffe!
- 7 Environmental Efforts, 1972-1988
- 8 A Potpourri of Interests, 1972-1980
- 9 A Sexist University: How Bad Was It? Awful!
- 10 Social Activism: Working for Equality for Women in the Arts
- 11 Follow-Up: Homosexuality, Taxonomy, and Mammalogists
- 12 Women and Science at Canadian Universities
- 13 Follow-Up: University Life, Sociobiology, Infanticide, and Rape
- 14 Focusing Again on Animals
- 15 Return to Giraffe
- 16 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
