Adele Gerard Lewis Grant

Adele Gerard Lewis Grant (June 3, 1881 - June 19, 1969)[1] was an American feminist,[2] botanist,[3] teacher, taxonomist, curator, and explorer.

Adele Gerard Lewis Grant
Born(1881-06-03)June 3, 1881
DiedJune 19, 1969(1969-06-19) (aged 88)
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley
Alma materWashington State University
Known forFirst president of Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Missouri Botanical Garden
Cornell University
Author abbrev. (botany)A.L.Grant

Career

In 1903, she obtained a B.Sc. in botany from the University of California at Berkeley. She continued with her studies, gaining an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in botany from Washington State University.[4] Before her move to South Africa, she taught at the Missouri Botanical Garden and Cornell University.

At Cornell, she started and served as the first president for the Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women's Scientific Fraternity.[5]

In 1925, she moved to South Africa to teach botany at the Huguenot Faculty in Wellington, South Africa, while collecting plants in countries such as Congo, Democratic Republic, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.

She returned to the United States in 1930, returning also to the Missouri Botanical Garden. She then moved to continue her research at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her specific focus included genera Mimulus and Hemimeris L.[3]

The standard author abbreviation A.L.Grant is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

Honors
  • 1901: Co-founded the Prytanean Society with Agnes Frisius on the campus of the University of Berkeley, with advisor Mary Bennett Ritter[7]

Eponymy
  • SDE / GWIS Scholarships Adele Lewis Grant

References
  1. "Find a Grave - Adele Grant". Find a Grave. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  2. Heather (November 13, 2012). "Feminist Legal Theory: The importance of women's organizations". Feminist Legal Theory. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  3. "Grant, Adèle Gerard (1881-1969)". Global Plants. JSTOR.
  4. "Adele L. Grant field notes, 1915-1921 | University and Jepson Herbaria Archives". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  5. "GWIS History - Graduate Women In Science". www.gwis.org. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  6. IPNI.  A.L.Grant.
  7. "Prytanean: The First 100 Years | CAA Alumni Chapters". alumnichapters.berkeley.edu. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
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