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By Diane Batshaw Eisman, M.D. FAAP Doctor Eisman is in Family Practice in Aventura, Florida with her partner, Dr. Eugene Eisman, an internist/cardiologist “Murder is Her Hobby” was an exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. “Her” is Frances Glessner Lee, known as the “Mother of Forensic Scie

The Board of Directors of the a href= https://sfmcd.org/ target= _blank Museum of Craft and Design /a announced the appointment of Nora Atkinson a

On Aug. 19, 1946, Dorothy Dennison left her house to walk to the local butcher’s shop. It was a Monday afternoon, and the high school student was on...

Although she was born into a wealthy and influential Chicago family and did not have to work, Frances Glessner Lee not only became the first female police...

Lee was a diorama-maker, criminal investigation educator and the first female police captain in the US.

Listen to this story:  A husband and wife, lying in their bedroom, their baby in her crib in the adjacent nursery. A typical family on a typical morni

The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death is New York-based photographer Corinne May Botz exploration of eighteen miniature crime scene models constructed by Chicago heiress and criminologist Frances Glessner Lee, who is said to have revolutionized crime scene investigation. She built the models in the 1940s and 50s and depicted real crime scenes.

Dollhouses aren't just for girls anymore, and they're no longer mere playthings. They help detectives learn to investigate crime scenes. They educate