Amy Elizabeth Adams was a zoologist and professor at Mount Holyoke College.
Education
Born in Delaware, New Jersey, Adams studied biology at Mount Holyoke and the University of Chicago, earning bachelor"s degrees in 1914 and 1916. She earned a master"s degree from Columbia University in 1919 and a Doctor of Philosophy from Yale University in 1926. She also studied for a year from 1930-1931 at the University of Edinburgh.
Career
In 1919, Adams began her career at Mount Holyoke, where she would spend her entire professional life. In 1928, she became a full professor Adams retired in 1957 and died in 1962 in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
She taught embryology and genetics and researched related topics: experimental embryology and endocrinology of the reproductive system.
Her studies of the reproductive system were among the first. Adams was funded by a variety of organizations, a rarity for women and women"s colleges throughout her career and a rarity for any scientist during the Great Depression.
Elected Fellow, New York Academy of Sciences
Member, Endocrine Society
Member, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.