Career
Much of her research involved leaf spots and cankers caused by bacteria. Bryan was born in Prince George"s County, Maryland on February 13, 1877. She earned a bachelor"s degree from Stanford University in 1908.
She worked at the Bureau of Plant Industry in the United States Department of Agriculture, as a scientific assistant and assistant pathologist from 1909 to 1918.
She and Nellie A. Brown worked for Erwin Frink Smith. Bryan died on February 22, 1962 in Napa, California.