Bertha Cady

Bertha Louise Chapman Cady (1873 – 1956) was an American entomologist and educator.[1]

Born Bertha Louise Chapman, she received a Bachelor of Arts in 1895 and a Master of Arts in 1902 from Stanford University. She taught high school biology from 1900 to 1907. From 1907 to 1909, she was an assistant in nature study at the University of Chicago. She then became an instructor in biology at California State Teacher's College. From 1921 to 1923, Cady was a lecturer at Stanford University. In 1923, she earned a PhD from Stanford. From 1924 to 1936, she was a naturalist for the American Girl Scouts. Also, from 1926 to 1929, she was president of the American Nature Study Society.[1]

She married psychologist Vernon Mosher Cady; the couple wrote a book The Way Life Begins: An introduction to Sex Education (1917) which was published by the American Social Hygiene Association.[1] The book sold well and went through several reprints.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 American Women of Science Since 1900: Essays A-H. Volume 1. 2011. pp. 275–76. ISBN 1598841580.
  2. ↑ Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory (2010). Teaching Children Science: Hands-On Nature Study in North America, 1890-1930. pp. 141–42. ISBN 0226449920.


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