Ethel Zoe Bailey facts for kids
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Ethel Zoe Bailey
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| Born | November 17, 1889 Ithaca, New York
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| Died | 1983 |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Education | Bachelor of Arts, Zoology |
| Alma mater | Smith College |
| Known for | Curating Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University, compiling large seed and nursery catalogue |
| Parent(s) | Liberty Hyde Bailey |
| Awards | George Robert White Medal, 1967, Smith College Medal, 1970 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, Zoology |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
Ethel Zoe Bailey was an amazing American botanist. She was the very first curator (like a museum manager) of the Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University. She worked there from 1935 to 1957. Ethel also created a huge collection of plant catalogs. Guess what? In 1912, she was the first woman in Ithaca, New York, to get a driver's license!
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Ethel Zoe Bailey: Her Early Life and School
Ethel Zoe Bailey was born on November 17, 1889. Her father was also a famous botanist named Liberty Hyde Bailey.
Ethel went to Smith College and finished in 1911. She earned a bachelor's degree in Zoology, which is the study of animals. After college, she started working at Cornell University. She helped her father edit many of his important books. These included Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture and Manual of Cultivated Plants.
Ethel's Exciting Career in Botany
Ethel Zoe Bailey traveled to many different countries. She went on research trips with her father to places like Venezuela and Trinidad. They explored and studied plants together.
She also helped her father write two important reference books. These books were called Hortus and Hortus Second. The second book was published in 1969. After her father passed away, Ethel continued his work. She helped update and publish a third book, Hortus Third, in 1975. She worked with the team at the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium to make this happen.
Working at Cornell University
Ethel worked at Cornell University's Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. She was the first curator there, starting in 1935. She retired from Cornell in 1957. Even after retiring, she kept volunteering at the Hortorium until she passed away in 1983.
While at Cornell, Ethel helped with other big projects. She worked on Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture and Manual of Cultivated Plants. She also edited the first eight issues of a science magazine called Gentes Herbarum.
Ethel also collected and organized plant samples from many countries. This amazing collection is now called the Ethel Z. Bailey Horticultural Catalogue Collection. You can see it on display at Cornell University.
Ethel Zoe Bailey is buried at Lake View Cemetery in Ithaca, New York.
See also
In Spanish: Ethel Zoe Bailey para niños
