Gertrude Van Wagenen

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Gertrude Van Wagenen
Gertrude Van Wagenen, from the Science Service Records, Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Born1893
DiedFebruary 8, 1978 (aged 86–87)
New Haven, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican
Alma materIowa State University
University of Iowa
Known forEndocrinology
SpouseCrawford Fairbanks Failey MD
Scientific career
FieldsBiology
Thesis The Coral Mussa Fragilis and Its Development  (1920)

Gertrude L. Van Wagenen (1893 – February 8, 1978) was an American biologist. She was also a collector of anatomical illustrations and models.

Early life

Gertrude L. Van Wagenen was the daughter of Anthony Van Wagenen (1852–1937), a judge and lawyer in

medusae as part of the Barbados-Antigua Expedition, a group of University of Iowa graduate students and faculty studying the natural history of those islands.[3] Her doctoral dissertation at the University of Iowa was titled The Coral Mussa Fragilis and Its Development.[4]

Research

Van Wagenen was associate professor and lecturer at

morning-after contraception, working first with diethylstilbestrol (DES) to prevent pregnancy.[8][9][10] Van Wagenen and Morris reported their successes with monkeys and with women, respectively, at the 1966 annual meeting of the American Fertility Society.[11]

Her monographs included Embryology of the Ovary and Testis in Homo sapiens and Macaca mulatta (Yale University Press 1965), and Postnatal Development of the Ovary in Homo sapiens and Macaca mulatta and Induction of Ovulation in the Macaque (Yale University Press 1973, co-authored with Miriam E. Simpson).[citation needed]

Personal life

Gertrude Van Wagenen married Crawford Fairbanks Failey, M.D. (1900–1981); her husband had inherited wealth, which allowed her to travel.[12] In addition to her research, Van Wagenen enjoyed traveling and collecting medical illustrations and objects, including engravings, textbooks, models, and mannequins. She was also interested in art and cultural depictions of monkeys. On a trip to Japan in 1957, she found a book, Junichiro Itani's Japanese Monkeys in Takasakiyama (1954). She sent it to a colleague, who in turn arranged for it to be translated and published in English.[13] Van Wagenen died on February 8, 1978.[14] Her collections were left to the Medical History Library at Yale.[12]

References

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  2. ^ "Class News 1913". The Iowa Alumnus. Vol. 12. Iowa City: University of Iowa Alumni Association. March 1915. p. 31.
  3. ^ James, Lindsay; Simpson, Cynthia (December 2002). "University of Iowa Barbados-Antigua Expedition, April 23rd, 1918". Iowa City: University of Iowa Department of Geoscience. Archived from the original on 2015-04-25.
  4. OCLC 148209935
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  5. ISBN 0-8018-2443-5
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  6. ISBN 0-415-27583-0
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  7. ISBN 978-0-12-381365-7
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  8. PMID 21698041
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  9. ISBN 0-521-34023-3
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  10. ISBN 0-300-09820-0
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  11. ISBN 978-0-8135-5162-3
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  12. ^ a b "Other early collectors and donors". New Haven: Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Medical Historical Library. 2010. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  13. ISBN 0-415-21357-6
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  14. ^ "Deaths elsewhere: Gertrude van Wagenen". Toledo Blade. AP. February 10, 1978. p. 12.
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