Beatrix Potter by Sophie Stephani https://padlet.com/sophie_stephani/beatrixpotter Made with the best of intentions en-us 2021-07-15 09:08:54 UTC 2021-07-15 10:41:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9d0.png sophie_stephani https://padlet.com/sophie_stephani/beatrixpotter/wish/1650998872 2021-07-15 09:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_stephani/beatrixpotter/wish/1650998872 sophie_stephani https://padlet.com/sophie_stephani/beatrixpotter/wish/1651024428 2021-07-15 10:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_stephani/beatrixpotter/wish/1651024428 Helen Beatrix Potter was a writer, natural scientist, conservationist and illustrator among other things but she was best known for her children’s books, particularly The Tales of Peter Rabbit.Potter self-published her first book when she was in her thirties and went on to publish an additional 30 books - 23 of these were children’s tales. With the money from the proceeds of her books, she bought a farm in the Lake District and bought the surrounding farms in order to preserve the countryside. Upon her death she donated this land to the National Trust which now comprises a large part of the Lake District National Park. sophie_stephani https://padlet.com/sophie_stephani/beatrixpotter/wish/1651033661 2021-07-15 10:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_stephani/beatrixpotter/wish/1651033661 As a teenager, when Beatrix used to holiday in the Lake District with her family, she became increasingly interested in wildlife, particularly in fungi – she used to walk through the Cumbrian countryside and draw the different species she found. In her twenties, Beatrix wrote a scientific paper on mycology but, as women were not fairly represented in the scientific arena during that time, she asked a male friend to present it for her, at the prestigious Linnean Society of London. sophie_stephani https://padlet.com/sophie_stephani/beatrixpotter/wish/1651034134 2021-07-15 10:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_stephani/beatrixpotter/wish/1651034134 The Tale of Peter Rabbit was rejected by many publishers before it was taken on by Frederick Warne & Co and printed in 1902. Determined to succeed, however, Beatrix self-published a few copies of the book herself and gave them to family and friends. At this time, they were black and white. sophie_stephani https://padlet.com/sophie_stephani/beatrixpotter/wish/1651035839 2021-07-15 10:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_stephani/beatrixpotter/wish/1651035839