Mary Agnes Chase (1869–1963) alikuwa mwanabotania (mtaalamu wa mimea) wa nchini Marekani aliyebobea katika kilimo na utafiti wa nyasi. Ingawa alikosa elimu rasmi kabla ya shule ya msingi, Chase aliweza kupanda ngazi na kuwa mtaalamu wa mimea katika idara ya kilimo ya Marekani. Madsen-Brooks, Leslie (2009). "Challenging Science As Usual: Women's Participation in American Natural History Museum Work, 1870–1950". Journal of Women's History 21 (2): 11–38, 185. doi:10.1353/jowh.0.0076 . https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-womens-history_summer-2009_21_2/page/11.