Am Nat. 2018 Dec;192(6):655-663. doi: 10.1086/700119. Epub 2018 Oct 31.
Women have long been underrepresented in the natural sciences, and although great progress has been made in recent decades, many subtle and not-so-subtle barriers persist. In this context, it is easy to get the impression that the early history of ecology and evolutionary biology was exclusively the domain of male researchers. In fact, a number of women made very substantial contributions to The American Naturalist in its first decades. In a follow-up to a series of retrospective essays celebrating 150 years of this journal, we highlight the scientific contributions of the women published in it during its first 50 years (1867-1916). We also discuss the diverse paths that their scientific careers took and the barriers they faced along the way.
女性在自然科学领域长期处于代表性不足的地位，尽管近几十年来取得了巨大的进步，但许多微妙和不那么微妙的障碍仍然存在。在这种情况下，人们很容易产生这样的印象，即生态学和进化生物学的早期历史完全是男性研究人员的领域。事实上，有许多女性在《美国自然学家》创刊的头几十年做出了非常实质性的贡献。在一系列回顾性文章的后续中，这些文章庆祝了该杂志 150 周年，我们强调了该杂志创刊 50 年来（1867-1916 年）发表的女性的科学贡献。我们还讨论了她们的科学职业生涯所走的不同道路以及她们在这条道路上所面临的障碍。
