Henrietta Hooker

Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker
Bust-length portrait of Henrietta Hooker
Hooker in 1893
BornDecember 12, 1851
DiedMay 13, 1929(1929-05-13) (aged 77)
EducationMount Holyoke College
Syracuse University
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsMount Holyoke College
ThesisOn Cuscuta Gronovii (1889)
Signature
Signature of Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker on transparent background

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]

  1. ^ Farnum, Becca (February 2020). "150 Years of "Brains and Heart": The History of Syracuse Womxn in STEM" (PDF).
  2. ^ 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.