This ‘hidden figure’ of entomology fought for civil rights
Margaret S. Collins was the first Black American female entomologist to earn a Ph.D.
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Entomologist Margaret S. Collins (left) stands next to a nest of Nasutitermes acajutlae termites on Guana Island in the British Virgin Islands in 1989, along with biologist Barbara Thorne.
© B.L. Thorne