Margaret Moore Kennedy (1896-1967)
Subject: Kennedy, Margaret 1896-1967
Type: Black-and-White Prints
Topic: Novelists
Genetics
Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA-SIA2008-4746]
Summary: This photograph's caption explained that English novelist Margaret Moore Kennedy (1896-1967) "has demonstrated that a good story can be written which follows the rules of heredity." Kennedy's novel The Fool of the Family had been recently praised by geneticist Wilhelmine Marie Euteman Key (b. 1872), "... it is not necessary to ignore the laws of heredity in order to produce an interesting fiction family.... Dr. Key says that Margaret Kennedy's appeal to heredity, is entirely in line with the latest conclusions in the field." (Marjorie Van de Water, "False Fiction Families," Science News Letter, August 29, 1931).
Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives
Margaret Moore Kennedy (1896-1967)
Subject: Kennedy, Margaret 1896-1967
Type: Black-and-White Prints
Topic: Novelists
Genetics
Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA-SIA2008-4746]
Summary: This photograph's caption explained that English novelist Margaret Moore Kennedy (1896-1967) "has demonstrated that a good story can be written which follows the rules of heredity." Kennedy's novel The Fool of the Family had been recently praised by geneticist Wilhelmine Marie Euteman Key (b. 1872), "... it is not necessary to ignore the laws of heredity in order to produce an interesting fiction family.... Dr. Key says that Margaret Kennedy's appeal to heredity, is entirely in line with the latest conclusions in the field." (Marjorie Van de Water, "False Fiction Families," Science News Letter, August 29, 1931).
Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives
Persistent URL:Link to data base record
Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives