Margaret Clay Ferguson (1863-1951)

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0573]

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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0573

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Summary

Plant physiologist Margaret Clay Ferguson (1863-1951) earned her Ph.D. at Cornell University (1901) and taught at Wellesley College from 1893 to 1932. In 1929, she was elected president of the Botanical Society of America, the first woman to hold that office.

Subject

  • Ferguson, Margaret Clay 1863-1951
  • Wellesley College
  • Cornell University
  • Botanical Society of America

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0573

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

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Topic

  • Plants
  • Women scientists
  • Botany

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Black-and-white photographs

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SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0573]

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