Alice Carter Cook

Alice Carter Cook
Born
Alice Carter

(1868-04-08)April 8, 1868
DiedJune 14, 1943(1943-06-14) (aged 75)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
SpouseOrator Fuller Cook
Children4, including Robert C. Cook
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

Alice Carter Cook (April 8, 1868 – June 14, 1943), (born Alice Carter), was an American botanist and author whose plant collections are now held by the Smithsonian Institution and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

Cook was the first woman to receive a PhD in botany from an American university.