Born: 29 August 1863, United States
Died: 28 August 1951
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
From Famous Women: An Outline of Feminine Achievement Through the Ages With Life Stories of Five Hundred Noted Women. Written by Joseph Adelman, published 1926 by Ellis M Lonow Company:
Margaret Clay Ferguson, an American botanist. She graduated from in 1899 from Cornell University, and later became head of the department of botany at Wellesley College.
She received the degree of Ph.D. from Cornell University, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science elected her a fellow. Her writings consist mainly of papers on plant embryology and physiology.
IW note: Ferguson became the first female President of the Botanical Society of America in 1929.