Catherine “Kate” Furbish devoted over 60 years of her life traveling thousands of miles in her home state and creating accurate drawings and watercolor paintings of plants.
She led the life of a typical Victorian lady in that she dressed appropriately, attended church regularly, and kept her house in immaculate order, but she was often impatient with other social conventions and took refuge in her family. She is described as being very independent. She traveled alone and did not marry.
Locals were accustomed to seeing Furbish on her walks. Some considered her unusual for her obsession with flora and the outdoors. She was given the nickname “Posey Woman,” which stuck and which she felt suited her well. When asked why she was so interested in “weeds,” Furbish quoted poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “We feel the presence of God in Nature there, Nature grand and awful, and tread reverently where all is so hushed and oppressive in its silence.”
The wild snapdragon was named the Furbish Lousewort in her honor. When the flower, believed to be extinct, was rediscovered in the St. John River Valley in 1976, it prevented the building of a dam which would have flooded the region. When Furbish died at age 97, she was the oldest resident of Brunswick.
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She led the life of a typical Victorian lady in that she dressed appropriately, attended church regularly, and kept her house in immaculate order, but she was often impatient with other social conventions and took refuge in her family. She is described as being very independent. She traveled alone and did not marry.
Locals were accustomed to seeing Furbish on her walks. Some considered her unusual for her obsession with flora and the outdoors. She was given the nickname “Posey Woman,” which stuck and which she felt suited her well. When asked why she was so interested in “weeds,” Furbish quoted poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “We feel the presence of God in Nature there, Nature grand and awful, and tread reverently where all is so hushed and oppressive in its silence.”
The wild snapdragon was named the Furbish Lousewort in her honor. When the flower, believed to be extinct, was rediscovered in the St. John River Valley in 1976, it prevented the building of a dam which would have flooded the region. When Furbish died at age 97, she was the oldest resident of Brunswick.
Biography provided by Bham85
Catherine “Kate” Furbish devoted over 60 years of her life traveling thousands of miles in her home state and creating accurate drawings and watercolor paintings of plants.
She led the life of a typical Victorian lady in that she dressed appropriately, attended church regularly, and kept her house in immaculate order, but she was often impatient with other social conventions and took refuge in her family. She is described as being very independent. She traveled alone and did not marry.
Locals were accustomed to seeing Furbish on her walks. Some considered her unusual for her obsession with flora and the outdoors. She was given the nickname “Posey Woman,” which stuck and which she felt suited her well. When asked why she was so interested in “weeds,” Furbish quoted poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “We feel the presence of God in Nature there, Nature grand and awful, and tread reverently where all is so hushed and oppressive in its silence.”
The wild snapdragon was named the Furbish Lousewort in her honor. When the flower, believed to be extinct, was rediscovered in the St. John River Valley in 1976, it prevented the building of a dam which would have flooded the region. When Furbish died at age 97, she was the oldest resident of Brunswick.
Biography provided by Bham85
She led the life of a typical Victorian lady in that she dressed appropriately, attended church regularly, and kept her house in immaculate order, but she was often impatient with other social conventions and took refuge in her family. She is described as being very independent. She traveled alone and did not marry.
Locals were accustomed to seeing Furbish on her walks. Some considered her unusual for her obsession with flora and the outdoors. She was given the nickname “Posey Woman,” which stuck and which she felt suited her well. When asked why she was so interested in “weeds,” Furbish quoted poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “We feel the presence of God in Nature there, Nature grand and awful, and tread reverently where all is so hushed and oppressive in its silence.”
The wild snapdragon was named the Furbish Lousewort in her honor. When the flower, believed to be extinct, was rediscovered in the St. John River Valley in 1976, it prevented the building of a dam which would have flooded the region. When Furbish died at age 97, she was the oldest resident of Brunswick.
Biography provided by Bham85
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