Ground-breaking Ladies

Join us as we explore the lives of two adventurous women who were a bit before their time. Martha Maxwell had a wildlife museum, some of which she showed off at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Hazel Schmoll, from a mining family in Ward, was the first woman to earn a doctorate in botany from the University of Chicago. She even had a plant named for her--the Astragalus schmolliae or Schmoll’s Milk-vetch which is found in various Colorado national parks and Indian reservations.