This book is written about a woman named Phoebe Snetsinger. Phoebe (appropriately named) studied science in college, got married, had four children, and watched birds. She made a list of all the birds she had seen. Eventually she held the world's record for being the first person to see 8,000 specie. Was Phoebe Snetsinger a great scientist? Or was she a obsessive compulsive nutjob? Was she a good role model for her children? Or did she neglect her husband and children to make her world record? Would we even be asking that last question if she were a male? My opinion is that she was a great scientist and a nut job and a good role model and a neglectful wife and mother. People are complicated. Read the book and decide for yourself who Phoebe Snetsinger was.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Life List by Olivia Gentile
This book is written about a woman named Phoebe Snetsinger. Phoebe (appropriately named) studied science in college, got married, had four children, and watched birds. She made a list of all the birds she had seen. Eventually she held the world's record for being the first person to see 8,000 specie. Was Phoebe Snetsinger a great scientist? Or was she a obsessive compulsive nutjob? Was she a good role model for her children? Or did she neglect her husband and children to make her world record? Would we even be asking that last question if she were a male? My opinion is that she was a great scientist and a nut job and a good role model and a neglectful wife and mother. People are complicated. Read the book and decide for yourself who Phoebe Snetsinger was.
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