The Nutshell Studies and the Mother of Modern Forensics

EVENT DESCRIPTION: Science on Tap goes ONLINE!

Join us for an online event on Thursday, June 18, at 7:00pm PST.

EVENT DESCRIPTION: Frances Glessner Lee was supposed to spend her life as an heiress and socialite. Born in 1878 into a wealthy Chicago family, she was never meant to have a career, let alone one steeped in death and depravity. Yet she developed a fascination with the investigation of violent crimes and made it her life’s work. She is best known for creating the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/nutshells , a series of dollhouses with macabre details: an overturned chair, a blood-spattered comforter, bodies splayed out on the floor or draped over chairs, and all clothed in hand-sewn garments, some of which Lee lovingly knit with sewing pins. These miniatures were used to train law enforcement officers to investigate violent crimes, and her methods are still used today.

At this Science on Tap, Lee’s official biographer Bruce Goldfarb http://brucegoldfarb.com/ will talk about his book "18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics" https://www.amazon.com/18-Tiny-Deaths-Invention-Forensics/dp/1492680478 . He will delve into Lee’s journey from a grandmother without a college degree to being a pioneer in the scientific study of unexpected death. Learn how she used the traditional “women’s work” such as sewing to improve the male-dominated profession of police work, and how she revolutionized forensic investigation.

Note This online event is in place of the in-person event originally scheduled for June 26 at the Aladdin Theater.

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Written questions during the event are welcome!

TWO WAYS TO WATCH LIVE:

• Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ScienceOnTapORWA/ at 7pm on Thursday for the Facebook live show (refresh until you see the video post)
• Watch the high quality version on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5LKsqj4EQlupmZH_OtrHIQ

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WATCH LATER: The event will be recorded and available to watch online later on our Facebook videos page https://www.facebook.com/pg/ScienceOnTapORWA/videos/ and YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbvLxlGWx_q2GxdKKEAwnmQ/