Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker | |
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| Born | December 12, 1851 |
| Died | May 13, 1929 (aged 77) |
| Education | Mount Holyoke College Syracuse University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Mount Holyoke College |
| Thesis | On Cuscuta Gronovii (1889) |
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Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker (December 12, 1851 – May 13, 1929) was an American botanist and professor at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College). She was the second female doctoral graduate in botany at Syracuse University,[1] which made her one of the first women to earn a Ph.D. in botany from any U.S. university.[2]
- ^ Farnum, Becca (February 2020). "150 Years of "Brains and Heart": The History of Syracuse Womxn in STEM" (PDF).
- ^ Shmurak, Carole B.; Handler, Bonnie S. (1992). "Castle of Science: Mount Holyoke College and the preparation of women in chemistry, 1837-1941". History of Education Quarterly. 32 (3): 320. doi:10.2307/368548. JSTOR 368548. S2CID 146910131.