Ida Henrietta Hyde
General Facts and Early Life
Born: September 8, 1857 in Davenport, Iowa
One of four children to first generation German immigrants Meyer and Babette Heidenheimer
Parents changed their last name to Hyde after moving to America
Father, merchant, abandoned family leaving the mother to support the children
Family moved to Chicago in 1870 after father left
Mother started a prosperous business in Chicago
–Home and mother’s business was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire in 1871
Beginning of Love for Biology
Ida had to enter workforce at 14 years of age
Education
Parents put all 4 children through public schooling, but only expected their son to go to college
1875-1876: Chicago Athenaeum (night school after work)
1881: University of Illinois
1891: Pre-med Bachelor’s Degree in Biology
University of Bern
1897: Radcliffe College of Harvard University
1904: University of Liverpool, England
1908–1912: Rush Medical College in Chicago
Age 55: She completed her remaining medical degree requirements
Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
After leaving Bryn Mawr she became first female to study/do research at Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
1892: Became an official Woods Hole investigator
University of Strasbourg and University of Heidelberg
1893: She settled a long-standing debate between 2 European zoologists, Alexander Goette and Carl Claus on development of medusae with her research findings regarding neurophysiology of vertebrates & invertebrates
Doctorate Degree
1896: Doctorate in Science
First woman to do this
Third woman to receive a doctorate from the University of Heidelberg, following 2 Germans
Radcliffe College at Harvard University
Henry P. Bowditch, former dean of Harvard Medical School, helped her obtain Irwin Research Fellowship for work at Radcliffe College of Harvard University
She became the first woman to carry out research at Harvard
She took classes on bacteriology
Lab findings led to “The Effect of Distention of the Ventricle Flow of Blood through the Walls of the Heart”
–1898: Published in 1st issue of the American Journal of Physiology
The University of Kansas
1898: She applied for a permanent position at the University of Kansas in Lawrence
1899: Kansas University Chancellor, Francis H. Snow asked her to help build a medical school
Wrote articles on cell study for the University’s Science Bulletin
1902: Became 1st and only female member of American Physiological Society until 1913
1905: She was promoted to full professor AND head of physiology department
1910: Published textbook: “Laboratory Outlines of Physiology”
Scholarships, Endowments, and Other Contributions
1928: She established the Ida H. Hyde Scholarship for women in science, which is awarded annually at Kansas University
Founded Naples Table Association for Promoting Scientific Research by Women
Later Life
She never married
1920: She retired at the age of 63 and decided to travel
Death: August 22, 1945 of cerebral hemorrhage right before her 88th birthday
After Death
1986: Inducted into the Kansas University Women’s Hall of Fame
2002: Inducted into the Kansas University Pioneer Woman program
References
Butin, J. (2009, March 1). Ida Henrietta Hyde. Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 26, 2013, from http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/hydeida-henrietta
Creese, M. R. S., Grinstein, L. S., Biermann, C. A., & Rose, R. K. (1997). Ida Henrietta Hyde (1857-1945). Women in the biological sciences: a biobibliographic sourcebook (pp. 246-253). Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.
Ida Henrietta Hyde - Biography. (2001, December 23). SwiftPapers Sample Essays & Free Papers For You. Retrieved April 26, 2013, from http://www.swiftpapers.com/biographies/Ida-Henrietta-Hyde-30281.html
MIT. (2002, August). Inventor of the Week: Archive. MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved February 26, 2013, from http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/hyde.html
Ogilvie, M. B., & Harvey, J. D. (2000). Hyde, Ida Henrietta. The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-Twentieth Century (Volume 1 ed., pp. 635-636). New York: Routledge.
University of Kansas, The. (2002). Ida Henrietta Hyde | Pioneer Woman | Programs & Services: Women's Recognition | KU: The Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity. KU: The Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity. Retrieved April 10, 2013, from http://emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu/programs/pioneer-woman/hyde.shtml
University of Kansas, The. (1986). Ida Hyde | Hall of Fame Women | Women's Hall of Fame | KU: The Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity. KU: The Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity. Retrieved April 10, 2013, from http://emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu/programs/hall-of-fame/hyde_ida.shtml
Paper from Pioneer Women page. Retrieved April 10, 2013 from http://emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu/programs/hall-of-fame/documents/hyde-article.pdf
Born: September 8, 1857 in Davenport, Iowa
One of four children to first generation German immigrants Meyer and Babette Heidenheimer
Parents changed their last name to Hyde after moving to America
Father, merchant, abandoned family leaving the mother to support the children
Family moved to Chicago in 1870 after father left
Mother started a prosperous business in Chicago
–Home and mother’s business was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire in 1871
Beginning of Love for Biology
Ida had to enter workforce at 14 years of age
- Milliner’s apprentice, making hats
- To help her mother support the family, specifically her brother’s college education
- –English translation of Alexander von Humboldt’s Views of Nature, 1849
Education
Parents put all 4 children through public schooling, but only expected their son to go to college
1875-1876: Chicago Athenaeum (night school after work)
1881: University of Illinois
- 1882: Brother became ill and she was forced to leave in order to nurse him
1891: Pre-med Bachelor’s Degree in Biology
- –Only took her 3 years to complete
- Biology scholarship for graduate studies
- Paid tuition with a fellowship from Association of Collegiate Alumnae
University of Bern
1897: Radcliffe College of Harvard University
1904: University of Liverpool, England
1908–1912: Rush Medical College in Chicago
Age 55: She completed her remaining medical degree requirements
Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
After leaving Bryn Mawr she became first female to study/do research at Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
- Studied sea animals, amphibians, & mammals
1892: Became an official Woods Hole investigator
- Lectured classes on anatomy & embryology of Scyphomedusae (Class of sea animals comprised of jellyfish and other gelatinous organisms)
University of Strasbourg and University of Heidelberg
1893: She settled a long-standing debate between 2 European zoologists, Alexander Goette and Carl Claus on development of medusae with her research findings regarding neurophysiology of vertebrates & invertebrates
- This led to Goette inviting her to work in his lab at the University of Strasbourg in France
- She couldn’t take the final exams or get her doctorate in physiology
- She enrolled in the Biology Ph.D. program at Heidelberg under Dr. Wilhelm Kuhne, who wouldn’t allow her to sit in on normal labs and classes
- She studied 6 semesters independently
Doctorate Degree
1896: Doctorate in Science
First woman to do this
Third woman to receive a doctorate from the University of Heidelberg, following 2 Germans
- She was the first from the US
- –This is a lesser doctorate degree created to acknowledge that a women “overcame with much praise,” but saves the true honor for men
Radcliffe College at Harvard University
Henry P. Bowditch, former dean of Harvard Medical School, helped her obtain Irwin Research Fellowship for work at Radcliffe College of Harvard University
She became the first woman to carry out research at Harvard
She took classes on bacteriology
Lab findings led to “The Effect of Distention of the Ventricle Flow of Blood through the Walls of the Heart”
–1898: Published in 1st issue of the American Journal of Physiology
The University of Kansas
1898: She applied for a permanent position at the University of Kansas in Lawrence
1899: Kansas University Chancellor, Francis H. Snow asked her to help build a medical school
- Founded the Department of Physiology, which is now the Department of Molecular Biology, and served as the department chair until her retirement
Wrote articles on cell study for the University’s Science Bulletin
1902: Became 1st and only female member of American Physiological Society until 1913
1905: She was promoted to full professor AND head of physiology department
- She was possibly the first woman to ever become a full professor and head of a science department in an American state university
1910: Published textbook: “Laboratory Outlines of Physiology”
Scholarships, Endowments, and Other Contributions
1928: She established the Ida H. Hyde Scholarship for women in science, which is awarded annually at Kansas University
- Gave Cornell a similar scholarship to the one she gave Kansas University
Founded Naples Table Association for Promoting Scientific Research by Women
- Raised $500 annually to fund a small laboratory for 36 American women
- Appeared in the Journal of the American Association of University Women
- 1918: Governor Arthur Capper named Hyde the chair of Kansas’ Women’s Committee on Health, Sanitation, and National Defense
- During WWI President Woodrow Wilson selected her to chair the US Women’s Committee on Health and Sanitation
Later Life
She never married
1920: She retired at the age of 63 and decided to travel
- 1922-1923: She took trips to Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Egypt, and India
Death: August 22, 1945 of cerebral hemorrhage right before her 88th birthday
- At home in Berkeley, CA
After Death
1986: Inducted into the Kansas University Women’s Hall of Fame
2002: Inducted into the Kansas University Pioneer Woman program
References
Butin, J. (2009, March 1). Ida Henrietta Hyde. Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 26, 2013, from http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/hydeida-henrietta
Creese, M. R. S., Grinstein, L. S., Biermann, C. A., & Rose, R. K. (1997). Ida Henrietta Hyde (1857-1945). Women in the biological sciences: a biobibliographic sourcebook (pp. 246-253). Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.
Ida Henrietta Hyde - Biography. (2001, December 23). SwiftPapers Sample Essays & Free Papers For You. Retrieved April 26, 2013, from http://www.swiftpapers.com/biographies/Ida-Henrietta-Hyde-30281.html
MIT. (2002, August). Inventor of the Week: Archive. MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved February 26, 2013, from http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/hyde.html
Ogilvie, M. B., & Harvey, J. D. (2000). Hyde, Ida Henrietta. The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-Twentieth Century (Volume 1 ed., pp. 635-636). New York: Routledge.
University of Kansas, The. (2002). Ida Henrietta Hyde | Pioneer Woman | Programs & Services: Women's Recognition | KU: The Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity. KU: The Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity. Retrieved April 10, 2013, from http://emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu/programs/pioneer-woman/hyde.shtml
University of Kansas, The. (1986). Ida Hyde | Hall of Fame Women | Women's Hall of Fame | KU: The Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity. KU: The Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity. Retrieved April 10, 2013, from http://emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu/programs/hall-of-fame/hyde_ida.shtml
Paper from Pioneer Women page. Retrieved April 10, 2013 from http://emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu/programs/hall-of-fame/documents/hyde-article.pdf