Ada Hayden

1884 – 1950
Location: Ames, Iowa
Education: Bachelor of Science in Botany, Iowa State College Masters of Science in Botany, Washington University Ph.D. of Philosophy, Iowa State College (First woman Ph.D. at ISC)
Known For: Considerations involved in the management of prairie preserves, 1949

Prairie Conservation

Considerations involved in the management of prairie preserves, 1949. The first woman to receive a doctorate from Iowa State College, Ada Hayden worked at the college as a botanist and curator of Iowa’s herbarium. Her work lead her to seek out Iowa’s vanishing remnant prairies and work to protect them. She is credited with permanently protecting several remnant prairies in Iowa including Hayden Prairie in Howard County.

Further Information

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