A Tribute to Alice Eastwood 
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was the best outlet in the West. Also the Academy had pioneered 
in recognition and encouragement of women scientists. As early 
as 1853 Dr. Albert Kellogg, one of the founders, had introduced 
a resolution to that effect. 
Although they had not met before, the young botanist fre¬ 
quently had encountered the name of Brandegee in her well- 
worn Gray’s Botany and Coulter’s Manual. As botanist with 
Hayden’s Survey in the ’70’s, T. S. Brandegee collected and 
named many species found in Colorado. During the interview 
Miss Eastwood secured an assignment to write an article for Zoe y 
plus an invitation for Sunday lunch. Several Sundays she went 
on botanical expeditions with the congenial pair, including one 
unforgettable ascent of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, 
where one day she would have a week-end home and growing 
ground. 
The California visit in 1891 was followed by a return to Colo¬ 
rado, and a summer spent in and around cliff dweller ruins. 
Alice Eastwood’s “Notes on the Cliff Dwellers” appeared in Zoe y 
January ’93. Her first article for that magazine was called “The 
Common Shrubs of Southern Colorado.” It came out in July ’91, 
along with advice on “The Fertilization of Geraniums.” The 
Brandegees were delighted with their versatile new feature 
writer and begged her to return for the winter, to help organize 
the Academy Herbarium. For this purpose she extended her 
leave from East Denver High School, finding Principal Baker 
cooperative as always. 
Living on a salary of $50 a month in an unheated room, work- 
