Eve and the Apes

STATED FIRST EDITION. 1988 Weidenfeld and Nicholson hardcover, Emily Hahn (Leonardo Da Vinci). At a time when extensive fieldwork was unheard-of, a good deal of knowledge about the great apes came from amateurswealthy women who kept them as pets or trainer-exhibitors of traveling menageries. Robert Yerkes, the father of primatology in America, corresponded with these private owners, sharing information about behavior and care. Hahn, herself a primate fancier, calls attention to the affinity between women and apes with engaging stories about nine remarkable women. - Amazon