Anna Isabel Mulford

Anna Isabel Mulford (b. 1848, d. June 16, 1943), was an American botanist, teacher. She attended Vassar College and was the first person to earn a Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis.[1][2][3] She discovered Astragalus mulfordiae, which was named in her honor as Mulford's milkvetch.[4]

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  1. ↑ General Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Vassar College, Volume 4. Vassar College. 1910. p. 90. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Breaking Barriers, Celebrating Women". University Archives, Washington University in St. Louis. Retrieved August 6, 2018. A botany student, Anna Isabel Mulford is the first student, male or female, to earn a doctoral degree at Washington University. (Washington University - Henry Shaw School of Botany)
  3. ↑ Creese, Mary R. S. (2000). Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900: A Survey of Their Contributions to Research. Scarecrow Press. p. 22. ISBN 9780585276847. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Treasuring the Past: Receiving the First Ph.D.s". Washington University in St. Louis Magazine. Fall 2002. Retrieved August 6, 2018. Graduating from Vassar College in 1886, Mulford came to St. Louis and enrolled in the Shaw School of Botany. For her doctoral dissertation, she researched Agaves in the United States and subsequently discovered several species—some, including Mulford's milkvetch, were named after her. Mulford (1848-1943) had a long teaching career and taught at both St. Louis Central High School and McKinley High School in St. Louis.
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