BOOK REVIEW: On Her Own Terms: Annie Montague Alexander and the Rise of Science in the American West

Abstract

This year is the tenth anniversary of the publication of Barbara Stein’s biography of Annie Alexander, whose work to establish and support the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ) at the University of California, Berkeley, is not well known except to those with an interest in the history of the entity. Even regular users and supporters of the MVZ may not have any real sense of its origins: after all, our museums have always been there and always will be, right?