Wynne Brown - The Forgotten Botanist: Sara Plummer Lemmon's Life of Science and Art
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 7pm MST
Wynne’s latest book is the account of an extraordinary woman who, in 1870,
was driven by ill health to leave the East Coast for a new life in the West—
alone. At thirty-three, Sara Plummer relocated to Santa Barbara, where she
taught herself botany and established the town’s first library. Ten years later
she married botanist John Gill Lemmon, and together the two discovered and
collected hundreds of new plant species, many of them illustrated by Sara, an accomplished artist. Although she became an acknowledged botanical expert and lecturer, Sara’s considerable contributions to scientific knowledge were credited merely as “J.G. Lemmon & Wife.”
was driven by ill health to leave the East Coast for a new life in the West—
alone. At thirty-three, Sara Plummer relocated to Santa Barbara, where she
taught herself botany and established the town’s first library. Ten years later
she married botanist John Gill Lemmon, and together the two discovered and
collected hundreds of new plant species, many of them illustrated by Sara, an accomplished artist. Although she became an acknowledged botanical expert and lecturer, Sara’s considerable contributions to scientific knowledge were credited merely as “J.G. Lemmon & Wife.”
Writer/editor/graphic
designer Wynne Brown is the author of the award-winning books More Than
Petticoats: Remarkable Arizona Women (Globe Pequot Press/Rowman &
Littlefield, 2003, 2012) and The Falcon Guide to Trail Riding Arizona
(Globe Pequot Press/Rowman & Littlefield, 2006) and the co-editor of
Cave Creek Canyon: Revealing the Heart of Arizona’s Chiricahua
Mountains (ECO Wear & Publishing 2014, 2019). Her most recent book,
The Forgotten Botanist: Sara Plummer Lemmon’s Life of Science and Art,
will be published in November 2021 by the University of Nebraska Press.
She serves as president of the Chiricahua Regional Council and
represents Pima County as a member of the Arizona Historical Society
State Board of Directors. Her website is www.wynnebrown.com.
Arizona Native Plant Society talks are free and open to the public.The Arizona Native Plant Society is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Flagstaff AZNPS Talk: Wynne Brown - Sara Plummer Lemmon, 19th Century Artist and Botanist
Time: Oct 19, 2021 07:00 PM Arizona
