Meet scholars who made history and contributed to the preservation of bees, and to the struggle of women:
Eva Crane, known as the “Grand Lady of honey and bee research”, has devoted more than 50 years to the study of bees and their behavior. Eva was a PHD in nuclear physics, but she left this field to pursue her fascination with bees. He traveled the world researching the behavior and history of bees, and founded the world's first organization for the exchange of relevant information and research on bees. Bertha Lutz, was a biologist and pioneer in the gender equality movement.Far beyond the passion for biology, the scientist was a precursor of the gender equality movement in the country. Bertha founded the Brazilian Federation for Feminine Progress, which started the fight for the right to vote for women in Brazil.
Graziela Maciel Barroso, first lady of botany in Brazil. At the age of 47, he enrolled in the biology course at the University of the State of Guanabara, now the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro. And at age 60, in 1973, he defended his doctorate at the State University of Campinas. She became a teacher, working for over 50 years, teaching almost all Brazilian botanists. His best-known work is “Systematics of Angiosperms from Brazil”. Graziela is considered the greatest taxonomist in the country, responsible for cataloging vegetables in the five regions of Brazil, and about 25 plants have already been named after her.Leydy Pech, the “Guardian of the Bees”. Pech, a Mayan beekeeper, is dedicated to the creation and preservation of the melipona beecheii bee in Mexico, and has been fighting a legal battle for 10 years with one of the largest manufacturers of agricultural pesticides in the world, which operates in the region and ends up harming local agriculture and the bee pollination.Inspiring stories, no? Congratulations to all women, and Happy International Women's Day (March 8)!
Source – Unifei, Biodiversidadla, EvaCraneTrust.org
