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American pharmacist and professor

Zada Mary Cooper (January 31, 1875 – May 6, 1961) was an American pharmacist and a professor of pharmacy at the University of Iowa. Cooper helped found the Women's Section of the American Pharmacists Association in 1912. She was its president in 1917. She founded the pharmacy fraternities Kappa Epsilon and Rho Chi.

Early life

Zada Mary Cooper was born in Quasqueton, Iowa on January 31, 1875.^[1] She attended the Normal Institute in Independence, Iowa.^[2] She graduated from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 1897.^[3][1] In 1898, she was the vice president of the university's Pharmaceutical Alumni Association.^[4]

Career

Cooper became a registered pharmacist on March 9, 1875. Beginning as an assistant, she worked at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy for 45 years, becoming an instructor in 1905, an assistant professor in 1912, and an associat