Ethel Zoe Bailey

Ethel Zoe Bailey
BornNovember 17, 1889
Died1983
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationB.A., Zoology
Alma materSmith College
Known forCurating Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University, compiling large seed and nursery catalogue
ParentLiberty Hyde Bailey
AwardsGeorge Robert White Medal, 1967, Smith College Medal, 1970
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, Zoology
InstitutionsCornell 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.