Anyone interested in population genetics and evolution should read this book. It is a great book on one of the most influential people in evolution.

May Wright Sewall was one of a rare breed of talented individuals able to make unique contributions to American society in numerous fields: education, civic improvement, women's rights, and pacifism. Born in 1844 during an era when women were first making inroads into higher education, she was well educated in the classical tradition. From modest beginnings as a teacher in a one-room Wisconsin school, she became one of the leading citizens of Indianapolis and founder-with her husband Theodore-of the Girls' Classical School. Possessing formidable organizational skills, Sewall helped found many of Indianapolis's enduring organizations: the Indianapolis Woman's Club, the Art Association of Indianapolis, the Indianapolis Propylaeum, and the Contemporary Club. Hoosier author Booth Tarkington named her, along with Benjamin Harrison and James Whitcomb Riley, as one of Indianapolis's most prominent citizens. Sewall also worked tirelessly on behalf of rights for women in the United States-and around the world-during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. She served as an invaluable ally to such national suffrage leaders as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and gave the woman's movement an international focus through her pioneering involvement with the International Council of Women and the American National Council of Women. Undaunted by the sneers of skeptics, late in her life Sewall dared to explore a new field: the land beyond the grave. She detailed her fascinating experiences with spiritualism in Neither Dead nor Sleeping, excerpts from which are included in this book.