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Wilhelmine Key
Wilhelmine Marie Key | |
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| Born | Wilhelmine Enteman February 22, 1872 Hartford, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | January 31, 1955 (aged 82) Everett, Washington, U.S. |
| Resting place | Village of Hartland Cemetery, Wisconsin, U.S. 43°06′06″N 88°21′31″W / 43.10176°N 88.35858°W |
| Other names | Minnie |
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| Spouse | Francis B. Key (1876–1906) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics, Eugenics |
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| Thesis | Coloration of Polistes (the common paper wasp) (1901) |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Otis Whitman |
| Other academic advisors | Edward Ashael Birge, Charles Davenport |
| Notable students | Sewall Wright |
| This article is part of a series on the |
| Eugenics Movement |
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Wilhelmine "Minnie" Marie Enteman Key (February 22, 1872 – January 31, 1955) was an American geneticist. She was the first woman to gain a PhD in zoology from the University of Chicago, where she studied coloration in paper wasps. She contributed to the study of eugenics and was an influential teacher to Sewall Wright.
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