Alice Haskins facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Alice Haskins
Born	(1880-04-24)April 24, 1880 Acton, Massachusetts
Died	October 16, 1971(1971-10-16) (aged 91) Santa Clara, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Smith College
Spouse(s)	Deane Bret Swingle
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Institutions	U.S. Department of Agriculture

(left to right) Possibly Alice Haskins, Lucia McCulloch, Clara H. Hasse and Mary K. Berger

Alice Crane Haskins Swingle was an American botanist. She worked for the United States government. With her husband, Deane Bret Swingle, she wrote a book about plants. The book was called A Textbook of Systematic Botany and came out in 1928.

Life and Early Work

Alice Haskins was born on April 24, 1880. Her hometown was Acton, Massachusetts. She went to Smith College and earned her bachelor's degree in 1903.

After college, Alice worked as a research assistant. She joined the Plant Pathology Laboratory. This lab was part of the United States Department of Agriculture. She worked there from 1903 to 1906.

Studying Plant Diseases

Erwin Frink Smith was a leading plant pathologist. He worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He often hired women botanists to study plant diseases. Alice Haskins was one of these talented women.

She worked with other scientists like Nellie A. Brown and Clara H. Hasse. They studied many problems affecting plants. This included diseases like crown galls and citrus cankers. They also researched blights that harmed corn and chestnut trees.

Family Life and Later Years

In 1906, Alice married Deane Bret Swingle. He was also a botanist and worked with her. After they married, they moved to Bozeman, Montana. Deane became a professor at Montana State College of Agriculture. Today, this school is known as Montana State University.

Alice Haskins passed away on October 16, 1971. She died in Santa Clara, California.