Josephine Mason Milligan

American botanist, social activist and author

Josephine Mason Milligan

Born| February 27, 1835

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died| 1911
Scientific career
Fields| Botany

Josephine Mason Wade Milligan (February 27, 1835 – July 5, 1911) was a botanist, wildflower collector, and writer who donated her herbarium to the Smithsonian Institution.[1] She collected plants in various states around the world, those including Massachusetts, Michigan, Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, and Montana between 1863 and 1893.[2]

## Biography

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Milligan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Nelson and Royina Mason Wade. She married Harvey William Milligan in Brownsport Furnace, Tennessee on March 16, 1856.[3] They later moved to Milligan lived in Jacksonville, Illinois and had five children, three of whom survived into adulthood: George, Josephine and Laurance.[4][5]

Milligan founded the Jacksonville Sorosis in 1868, the oldest surviving women's literary society in the United States, and the Jacksonville Household Science Club in 1885.[6][1] She was one of the earliest members of the Jacksonville Natural History Society, a member of the Microscopical Society, and a contributing writer to the New York Tribune.[7][3] She was honored by the Illinois State Historical Society which created a miniature figurine of her which was displayed in the State Library.[8]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Milligan, Josephine Mason". Smithsonian Institution Archives. 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
2. ^ sysadmin (1835–1911). "Milligan, Josephine Mason". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
3. ^ a b Osborne, Georgia (1932). Brief biographies of the figurines on display in the Illinois state historical library online. Springfield, IL: State of Illinois. p. 105. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
4. ^ Bateman, Newton (2016-10-23). "Historical encyclopedia of Illinois". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
5. ^ "History of the families Millingas and Millanges of Saxony and Normandy, comprising genealogies and biographies of their posterity surnamed Milliken, Millikin, Millikan, Millican, Milligan, Mulliken and Mullikin, A. D. 800-A. D. 1907; containing names of thirty thousand persons, with copious notes on intermarried and collateral families, and abstracts of early land grants, wills, and other documents". Internet Archive. Lewiston. 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
6. ^ Costello, A.D. (2015). Smart Women: The Search for America's Historic All - Women Study Clubs. Lulu Publishing Services. p. 266\. ISBN 978-1-4834-3442-1. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
7. ^ Osborne, Georgia (1925). "Pioneer Women of Morgan County". Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. 18 (1): 228–256\. JSTOR 40187262.228-256&rft.date=1925&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40187262#id-name=JSTOR&rft.aulast=Osborne&rft.aufirst=Georgia&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Josephine+Mason+Milligan" class="Z3988">
8. ^ "Almost 200 Women will be Honored in Springfield Dec 3". Decatur Herald. November 29, 1929. p. 12. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

## External links

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* Plant Catalog by Mrs. J M Milligan

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States