1. Ada Hayden was an American botanist, educator, and preservationist.
13 Facts About Ada Hayden
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Ada Hayden was the curator of the Iowa State University Herbarium, which was renamed the Ada Hayden Herbarium in her honour in 1988.
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Ada Hayden was born August 14,1884 near Ames, Iowa to Maitland David Hayden and Christine Hayden.
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Ada Hayden earned a bachelor's degree in botany from Iowa State College in 1908, a master's degree from Washington University in St Louis in 1910, and a Ph.
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Ada Hayden was the first woman and fourth person to receive a doctorate from Iowa State College.
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Ada Hayden taught botany as an instructor at Iowa State beginning in 1911, and continued in this role until she earned her doctoral degree.
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Ada Hayden became an assistant professor of botany in 1920, and a research assistant professor at the Agricultural Experimental Station and curator of the herbarium in 1934.
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Ada Hayden worked closely with Louis Pammel and Charlotte King, contributing to The Weed Flora of Iowa and Honey Plants of Iowa.
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In both these works and her own, Ada Hayden displayed a significant proficiency with photography when portraying the subjects of her research.
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Ada Hayden was an early advocate of prairie preservation through writing and speaking.
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Aikman released a report identifying possible areas of preservable prairie in Iowa and Ada Hayden became director of the "Prairie Project".
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Ada Hayden systematically developed a database of information relevant for decisions about land acquisition, working with the State Conservation Commission to purchase areas of relict prairie.
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Ada Hayden was an active member of the Ecological Society of America for many years.