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Mildred Trotter (1899-1991)

Mildred Trotter, a noted anatomist and anthropologist, was born February 3, 1899 in Monaca, Pennsylvania. She grew up on her family’s farm, graduated from high school in nearby Beaver Falls, and matriculated to Mt.

Holyoke College in 1916. After receiving her undergraduate degree in 1920, Trotter came to Washington University as a “Fellow in Hypertrichiasis” to assist in a research project on excessive hair growth. Trotter was able to apply the research towards a master’s degree in Anatomy, which she completed in 1921, followed by a doctorate in Anatomy in 1924.

Trotter was appointed an assistant in the Department of Anatomy in 1922, joining the five other women on the staff of the medical school at the time. In 1924 she was promoted to instructor of Anatomy.

For the 1925-26 academic year, Trotter accepted a National Research Council Fellowship in Physical Anthropology enabling her to study at the Biography: Mildred Trotter DESY