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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution woman writer author novelist english eugenics genetics heredity portrait fiction smithsonian institution archives smithsonianinstitutionarchives women's history month womenshistorymonth women in science womeninscience 2011 marjorie van de water marjorievandewater margaret kennedy margaretkennedy margaret moore kennedy margaretmoorekennedy literature 20th century - early 20thcenturyearly private people blackandwhite monochrome black and white Subject: Kennedy, Margaret 1896-1967 Type: Black-and-White Prints Topic: Novelists      Genetics Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA-SIA2008-4746] Summary: This photograph's caption explained that English novelist Margaret Moore Kennedy (1896-1967) "has demonstrated that a good story can be written which follows the rules of heredity." Kennedy's novel The Fool of the Family had been recently praised by geneticist Wilhelmine Marie Euteman Key (b. 1872), "... it is not necessary to ignore the laws of heredity in order to produce an interesting fiction family.... Dr. Key says that Margaret Kennedy's appeal to heredity, is entirely in line with the latest conclusions in the field." (Marjorie Van de Water, "False Fiction Families," Science News Letter, August 29, 1931). Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives Persistent URL:Link to data base record Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Subject: Kennedy, Margaret 1896-1967 Type: Black-and-White Prints Topic: Novelists Genetics Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA-SIA2008-4746] Summary: This photograph's caption explained that English novelist Margaret Moore Kennedy (1896-1967) "has demonstrated that a good story can be written which follows the rules of heredity." Kennedy's novel The Fool of the Family had been recently praised by geneticist Wilhelmine Marie Euteman Key (b. 1872), "... it is not necessary to ignore the laws of heredity in order to produce an interesting fiction family.... Dr. Key says that Margaret Kennedy's appeal to heredity, is entirely in line with the latest conclusions in the field." (Marjorie Van de Water, "False Fiction Families," Science News Letter, August 29, 1931). Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives Persistent URL:Link to data base record Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
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