Women in Science: Trailblazing Marine Botanist Isabella Abbott’s Early Life, Career, and Contributions
Isabella Aiona Abbott (June 20, 1919 – October 28, 2010) was an educator, phycologist, and ethnobotanist from Hawai’i. She was the first Native Hawaiian woman to receive a Ph.D. in science and was recognized as a world expert on Pacific marine algae. Isabella Abbott’s seaweed education started early Isabella Abbott, born to a Hawaiian mother ...