Name
description
occupation
Born
Died
image
Lillie Sullivan
American scientific illustrator (1855-1903)
scientific illustrator
1855
1903-06-26
Deborah Griscom Passmore
botanical illustrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture
painter botanical illustrator art educator
1840
1911
Mary Esther Murtfeldt
American entomologist, botanist and botanical collector (1848-1913)
biologist zoologist entomologist lepidopterist editor botanical collector writer
1839-08-06
1913-02-23
Eunice R. Oberly
librarian, U.S. Department of Agriculture (1878-1921)
librarian bibliographer
1878-03-07
1921-11-05
Roberta Cowing
American scientific illustrator and artist
artist scientific illustrator
1860-10 1860
1924-07-31 1924
Mary K. Bryan
American botanist (1877-1926)
botanist mycologist
1877-02-13
1926
Flora Wambaugh Patterson
U.S. mycologist (1847–1928)
biologist botanist mycologist botanical collector
1847-09-15
1928-02-05
Josephine Adelaide Clark
botanist and librarian (1856-1929)
librarian botanist
1856-03-09
1929-03-24
Annie E. Hoyle
American artist and botanical illustrator
botanical illustrator artist
1851
1931
Charlotte Barnum
mathematician
mathematician
1860-05-17
1934-03-27
Katherine Bitting
American bacteriologist and food scientist (1869-1937)
botanist bacteriologist food scientist mycologist chemist
1869-04-29
1937-10-15
Grace Sandhouse
American entomologist (1896-1940)
zoologist entomologist
1896-06-01
1940-11-09
Amanda Newton
American illustrator
painter botanical illustrator artist
1860 1858
1943
Effie Almira Southworth
American botanist (1860-1947)
botanist mycologist phytopathologist translator
1860-10-29
1947-03-29
Caroline Thomas Rumbold
American botanist (1877-1949)
botanist phytopathologist
1877-07-22
1949-11-07
Connie J. Bonslagel
American social worker
social worker
1885-08-14
1950-05-21
Ruth Colvin Starrett McGuire
American plant pathologist (1893-1950)
botanist phytopathologist
1893-02-19
1950-09-02
Claribel Ruth Barnett
American librarian
librarian
1872-03-26
1951-03-06
Miriam Lucile Bomhard
American botanist (1898-1952)
botanist conservationist
1898-07-24
1952-12-16
Agnes Ellen Harris
American home economics academic (1883–1952)
educator
1883-07-17
1952-12-18
Mary Engle Pennington
American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (1872-1952)
chemist inventor bacteriologist engineer
1872-10-08
1952-12-27
Vera Katharine Charles
American mycologist (1877-1954)
mycologist botanist botanical collector
1877-06-24
1954-11-02
Lucia Alma McCulloch
American botanist (1873-1955)
botanist phytopathologist botanical collector
1873-02-26
1955-02-10
Mary Daisy Arnold
US botanical artist (1879–1955)
botanical illustrator artist
1873 1879-02-15
1955-08-13 1955
Ellen Isham Schutt
American botanical illustrator and lithographer
painter botanical illustrator scientific illustrator
1873-04-15
1955-12-05
Nellie Adalesa Brown
American botanist
botanist phytopathologist
1876 1877
1956
Florence Hedges
American botanist (1878-1956)
translator botanist phytopathologist mycologist
1878-08-24
1956-12-17
Ella Graham Agnew
American educator and social worker
social worker
1871-03-18
1958-02-05
Edna Hague Fawcett
American botanist (1879-1960)
botanist phytopathologist science writer pathologist
1879-02-26
1960-01-10
Mary Agnes Chase
U.S. botanist, botanical collector and scientific illustrator (1869–1963)
botanist agrostologist botanical collector suffragist scientific illustrator botanical illustrator illustrator
1869-04-29
1963-09-24
Ruth Florence Allen
American botanist, phytopathologist and mycologist (1879-1963)
phytopathologist mycologist botanist physiologist science writer university teacher
1879-05-23
1963-11-30
Angie Beckwith
American phytopathologist
phytopathologist mycologist science writer
1881-01-27
1964-10-02
Hallie Morse Daggett
US Forest Service employee (1878–1964)
fire lookout
1878-12-19
1964-10-19
Jacquelin Smith Cooley
American botanist and plant pathologist (1883-1965)
botanist phytopathologist
1883-07-24
1965-07-08
Eloise Gerry
American scientist (1885-1970)
botanist forester
1885-01-12
1970-11-09
Elsie Lower Pomeroy
American artist and scientific illustrator
painter scientific illustrator
1882-09-30
1971
Alice Haskins
American botanist (1880-1971)
botanist
1880-04-24
1971-10-16
Carolyn Coroneos Dormon
American botanist, botanical artist and horticulturist, lived in Baton Rouge and Garden City, N.Y.
historian zoologist ornithologist botanist forester technical writer conservationist horticulturist scientific illustrator ecologist
1888-07-19
1971-11-21
Mathilde Lange
American biologist
zoologist biologist
1888-03-14
1972-06
Anna Eliza Jenkins
American mycologist and plant pathologist
mycologist
1886-09-10
1972-11-26
Nina Floy Bracelin
American botanist (1890-1973)
botanist botanical collector scientific illustrator
1890-03-24
1973-07-08
Aime M. Awl
scientific illustrator for the National Museum of Natural History (1887–1973)
scientific illustrator
1887-01-15
1973-10-15
Milicent Hathaway
American nutritionist
nutritionist
1898
1974
Agnes Quirk
American botanist (1884-1974)
botanist
1884
1974
Charlotte Elliott
American plant physiologist
physiologist botanist mycologist science writer
1883-08-02
1974-08-07
Alice Catherine Evans
American microbiologist
microbiologist bacteriologist
1881-01-29
1975-09-05
Adeline Sarah Ames
American mycologist (1879-1976)
botanist mycologist botanical collector
1879-10-06
1976-02-11
Dorothy Stahl Brady
American mathematician and economist (1903–1977)
statistician economist mathematician
1903-06-14
1977-04-17
Viola Shelly Schantz
American zoologist
mammalogist
1895-06-22
1977-05
Harriette Cushman
American poultry specialist
agronomist
1890-12-06
1978
Gertrude L. Warren
American government official and 4-H pioneer
1884
1979-09-06
Florence Hall
American economist and chief of the Women's Land Army
home economist
1888-07-31
1982-02-16
Sinah Estelle Kelley
American chemist (1916-1982)
chemist
1916-04-23
1982-12-21
Wanda Kirkbride Farr
American botanist (1895-1983)
botanist biochemist
1895-01-09
1983-04-16
Annie May Hurd Karrer
American botanist (1893-1984)
botanist plant physiologist
1893-07-28
1984-05-15
Chase G. Woodhouse
American educator and congresswoman (1890-1984)
politician academic chief executive officer economist consultant
1890-03-03
1984-12-12
Marion Webster
American biochemist
biochemist medical researcher
1921-04-09
1985-07-06
Annie Gravatt
American phytopathologist
phytopathologist pathologist
1894-05-15
1986-05-18
Lenore Thomas Straus
American sculptor (1909-1988)
sculptor writer artist
1909-11-01 1909
1988-01-16 1988
Hazel Stiebeling
American nutritionist (1896–1989)
nutritionist
1896-03-20
1989-05-18
Mary Shaw Shorb
American biochemist
biochemist teacher researcher
1907-01-11
1990-08-18
Edith Katherine Cash
American mycologist (1890-1992)
botanist mycologist editor
1890-10-14
1992-04-06
Mary Foley Benson
American entomologist and scientific illustrator (1905–1992)
scientific illustrator aircraft pilot painter entomologist
1905-04-02
1992-06-18
Thora Hardy
Swiss chemist (1902-1993)
chemist botanist
1902-07-31
1993-01-01
Regina Olson Hughes
American scientific illustrator and translator (1895-1993)
painter botanical illustrator scientific illustrator translator
1895-02-02
1993-08-12
Bernice Ackerman
American meteorologist
meteorologist weather presenter
1925
1995-07-05
Allene Jeanes
American chemical researcher (1906–1995)
chemist researcher
1906-07-19
1995-12-11
Isabelle M. Kelley
American social worker (1917–1997)
social worker
1917-07-27
1997-11-29
Odette L. Shotwell
American organic chemist (1922-1998)
chemist
1922-05-04
1998-04-10
Ruth Gordon
American bacteriologist
bacteriologist taxonomist
1910-08-30
2003-01-01
Jane Hinton
one of first two African-American women to gain the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (1919-2003)
scientist veterinarian
1919-05-01
2003-04-09
Mollie Orshansky
American economist
economist statistician mathematician
1915-01-09
2006-12-18
Helen L. Koss
four-term member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1922-2008)
politician
1922-06-03
2008-09-28
Louise M. Russell
American entomologist
entomologist
1905-05-06
2009-05-15
Virginia Holsinger
American food scientist
scientist
1937
2009-09-04
Joanne Simpson
American meteorologist (1923–2010)
meteorologist university teacher
1923-03-23
2010-03-04
Ruth R. Benerito
American scientist and inventor (1916-2013)
chemist inventor
1916-01-12
2013-10-05
Marie Leonore Farr
Austrian-born U.S. mycologist
mycologist
1927-09-06
2014-05-13
Joanne M. Holden
American nutritionist
nutritionist food scientist
1946-09-05
2014-10-02
Joan Scott Wallace
assistant US secretary of agriculture (1930-2018)
1930-11-08
2018-03-15
Lenora Moragne
American nutritionist (1931–2020)
nutritionist university teacher
1931-09-29
2020-04-01
Barbara F. Harland
biologist and nutritionist
biologist nutritionist university teacher
1925
2020-04-29
Sarah Weddington
Texas attorney, legislator, represented Roe in Roe vs. Wade
lawyer politician
1945-02-05
2021-12-26
Jill Long Thompson
Member of the United States House of Representatives
politician
1952-07-15
Amy Yarnell Rossman
American mycologist (1946- )
mycologist curator director botanical collector
1946
Colleen Callahan
American journalist and politician from Illinois
motivational speaker politician journalist
Desiree Horton
American helicopter pilot
firefighter helicopter pilot
1971-05-18
Karen Ross
American politician
politician
Maxine Moul
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska
politician
1947-01-26
Rayne Pegg
United States Department of Agriculture official
official
Shirley Sherrod
American civil rights activist
sociologist
1948
Darci Vetter
American Government official
politician
Sally Rockey
scientist (*1958) ♀
scientist
1958
Maura O'Neill
Person (*1956) ♀
1956-09-06
Maria Alma Solis
American entomologist, world authority on snout moths
entomologist
1956-02-06
Naomi Fukagawa
American nutrition scientist
editor nutritionist researcher
Linda J. Young
statistician
statistician
1952-12-24
Amanda M. Hulse-Kemp
American computational biologist and researcher
researcher
Chavonda Jacobs-Young
American agriculture official
scientist director
1967
Sally Thompson
American politician who served as the Treasurer of Kansas from 1991 to 1998
1940-02-17
Carolyn Lawrence-Dill
American plant biologist
biologist
1974-05-18
Julie Denslow
American botanist, ecologist and biologist (1942 - )
biologist ecologist botanist
1942-11-29
Susan Conard
American scientist and wildfire researcher
ecologist
Constance I. Millar
American research ecologist
ecologist
Ann Bartuska
American biologist and ecologist
ecologist biologist
1953-08-06
Lisa Ainsworth
American molecular biologist
physiologist researcher
Sara N Bleich
public health researcher
researcher psychologist writer
Vicki Christiansen
19th Chief of the United States Forest Service
firefighter
Mindy Brashears
American civil servant
official
1970-05-13
Barbara Baker
American plant molecular geneticist
molecular geneticist
Carol House
American government statistician
statistician civil servant
Janie Simms Hipp
American lawyer, policy expert and General Counsel for U.S. Department of Agriculture
lawyer
Jean Apgar
American biochemist
chemist biochemist
1936-03-04
Celeste Maloy
American lawyer and Utah land rights advocate
politician conservationist lawyer
1981-05-22