Happy birthday, Mary Treat! Born: Sept. 7, 1830. She was a naturalist, botanist & entomologist, who exchanged letters w/ #CharlesDarwin#NewSpecies of gall wasp (Belonocnema treatae) & was fictionalized as a main character in a 2018 novel by Barbara Kingsolver.

She was also among the first women to publish (frequently) in @asn-amnat.bsky.social