Ethel Zoe Bailey | |
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Born | November 17, 1889 Ithaca, New York, U.S. |
Died | 1983 |
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | United States |
Education | B.A., Zoology |
Alma mater | Smith College |
Known for | Curating Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University, compiling large seed and nursery catalogue |
Parent | Liberty Hyde Bailey |
Awards | George Robert White Medal, 1967, Smith College Medal, 1970 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany, Zoology |
Institutions | Cornell University |
Ethel Zoe Bailey (1889-1983) was a U.S. botanist and the first curator of the Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University from 1935 to 1957. She created the Ethel Z. Bailey Horticultural Catalogue Collection and in 1912 was the first woman in Ithaca, New York to earn a driver's license.