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Today marks what would have been the 100th birthday of noted phycologist Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott.
She was the first Native Hawai’ian woman to earn a PhD in science and became a renowned expert on Pacific #algae.
She was the first Native Hawai’ian woman to earn a PhD in science and became a renowned expert on Pacific #algae.
Known as the "First Lady of Limu*", Abbott first started learning about edible seaweeds from her mother and spent hours collecting them from the beaches of Maui.
She even wrote a book about how to cook seaweeds!
*limu is Hawaiian for seaweed
She even wrote a book about how to cook seaweeds!
*limu is Hawaiian for seaweed
She began teaching classes at Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station in 1960.
She then went on to become the first female full professor in Stanford’s biology department, as well as the first minority full professor in 1972.
She then went on to become the first female full professor in Stanford’s biology department, as well as the first minority full professor in 1972.
