Mildred Adams Fenton


Mildred Adams Fenton trained in paleontology and geology at the University of Iowa. She coauthored dozens of general science books with her husband, Carroll Lane Fenton, including Records of Evolution, Land We Live On, and Worlds in the Sky.

Early life and education

Mildred Adams was born near West Branch, Iowa. She graduated from the University of Iowa, where she met her husband Carroll Lane Fenton while they were both undergraduates. They married in 1921. Carroll died in 1969.