May 29th of this year marks 100 years after Ada Hayden graduated as the first woman to receive a PhD from Iowa State. Who was Ada Hayden? She was a botanist, educator, ISU faculty member, ISU alumna, ecologist, illustrator, photographer, and, as she may be best known for: staunch advocate for prairie preservation. The list…
Tag: Women in Science and Engineering
Project Launch: Hortense Butler Heywood Collection
In July of 2017, the Core Digital Team created an online collection containing 272 objects from the Hortense Butler Heywood Papers. The Core Digital Team is comprised of individuals from the Digital Initiatives unit, Special Collections, the Preservation Department and the Catalog and Metadata Department at Iowa State University. Hortense Butler Heywood, was born in Cherokee, Iowa…
DSI Update 