Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. 18 Tiny Deaths, by official biographer Bruce Goldfarb, delves into Lees journey from grandmother without a college degree to leading the scientific investigation of unexpected death out of the dark confines of centuries-old techniques and into the light of the modern day. 18 Tiny Deathstransports the reader back in time and tells the story of how one woman, who should never have even been allowed into the classrooms she ended up teaching in, changed the face of science forever. As the mother of forensic science, Frances Glessner Lee is the reason why homicide detectives are a thing. In a time when many prestigious medical schools were closed to female students and young women were discouraged from entering any kind of scientific profession, Lee used her powerful social skills, family wealth, and uncompromising dedication to revolutionize a field that was usually political, often corrupt, and always deeply rooted in the primal human fear of death. The story of the Gilded Age Chicago heiress who revolutionized forensic death investigation. Lee's decades-long obsession with advancing the discipline of forensic science was a battle from the very beginning. Her colleagues and students, however, know her to be an extremely intelligent and exacting researcher and teacher-the perfect candidate, despite her gender, to push the scientific investigation of unexpected death out of the dark confines of centuries-old techniques and into the light of the modern day. A grandmother without a college degree, Lee may appear better suited for a life of knitting than of investigation of unexpected death. The fascinating story of the forgotten woman who pioneered forensic science As America ramps up efforts toward victory in World War II, Frances Glessner Lee stands at the front of a wood-paneled classroom within Harvard Medical School and addresses the young men attending her seminar on the developing field of forensic science.

18 Tiny Deaths by Bruce Goldfarb