Margaret S. Collins, the first Black female entomologist in the United States to earn a Ph.D., overcame racism and sexism to become a field biologist and termite expert, life sciences writer Susan Milius reported in “Termite Pioneer.”
“I had the honor of knowing [Margaret S. Collins] in the early 1990s, when I was hired by the USDA at the National Museum of Natural History,” wrote research entomologist Dr. M. Alma Solis. “I have many stories of her as a scientist at the museum, but one of the stories I have never heard anyone relate is her ability to capture the attention and imagination of scientists