Episode 067 - Frances Glessner Lee | Forensic Scientist

Alternate Title: In a Nutshell

Emma tells Emlyn all about the designer of the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, Captain Frances Glessner Lee, who was incredibly influential in the development of early forensic science in the United States. 

 

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Sources

Main Story - Frances Glessner Lee

1. Melinek, Judy, and Goldfarb, Bruce. 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics. United States, Sourcebooks, 2020.
2. The Nutshell Studies. (99 Percent Invisible).
3. The People — Glessner House
4. Murder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. (Smithsonian American Art Museum).
5. Biographies: Frances Glessner Lee (1878–1962). (NIH).
6. Bush, Erin N. The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. Death by Diorama.
7. Kahn, Eve. “Murder Downsized.” The New York Times. 2004. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/07/garden/murder-downsized.html?_r=0
8. The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. (CorrineBotz.com).
9. Miller, Laura J. Frances Glessner Lee. Harvard Magazine. 2005.

Women who Work - Dr. Andrea Ghez

1. Nobel Prize Press Release - https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2020/press-release/  
2. “How Andrea Ghez Won the Nobel for an Experiment Nobody Thought Would Work” by Hilton Lewis, Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-andrea-ghez-won-the-nobel-for-an-experiment-nobody-thought-would-work/ 

 

Music 

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

“Work” by Rihanna

 

Cover Image

Miller, Laura J. Frances Glessner Lee. Harvard Magazine. 2005.