COX, Mildred Virginia b. 23 Apr 1900 New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 23 Jun 1981 Orange, New Haven, Connecticut, USA: Spangs in the United States

1900 - 1981 (81 years)

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Name	COX, Mildred Virginia
Born	23 Apr 1900	New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Gender	Female
Died	23 Jun 1981	Orange, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Buried	26 Jun 1981	St. Lawrence Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut.
Person ID	I177	Connecticut Spangs
Last Modified	23 Jun 2015

Father	COX, Thomas Henry, b. 31 Jan 1876, Scotland , d. 07 Feb 1956 (Age 80 years)
Relationship	Natural
Mother	QUIN, Adelaide Agnus, b. 27 Mar 1876, d. 08 Aug 1948, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 72 years)
Relationship	Natural
Married	1899
Photos		Cox, Thomas Thomas Cox and Adelaide Quin Cox
		Cox, Thomas and Adelaide
Family ID	F65	Group Sheet

Family SPANG, H. Austin, b. 02 Jan 1903, New Haven, Connecticut, USA , d. 05 Apr 1973, Portland, Connecticut (Age 70 years)

Married 24 Sep 1930 New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Children

	1. Living
	2. Living
	3. Living
	4. SPANG, David Barr, b. 12 Aug 1936, New Haven, Connecticut, USA , d. 2 Feb 2016, Bangor, Maine, USA (Age 79 years)

Last Modified 23 Jun 2015

Family ID F2 Group Sheet

Photos
Cox, Mildred V.

Notes

Mildred Virginia Cox, the only child of scotch-irish parents, was a brilliant woman who had her heart set on becoming a doctor at a time when there were not that many women in Medical School. Thanks to her father?s success as a lawyer, she attended Vassar College and graduated in 1921. Her grades and desire were great enough that she was accepted at Yale University and received her Ph.D. in Chemistry. She then studied for a period of time with Victor Grignard, the great French Chemist, who discovered reagents. Returning to the United States, she worked for some time as a chemist for Colgate Toothpaste.

On September 24, 1930, she married H Austin Spang and turned her attention to being a mother. Her quest for knowledge did not stop then as she took the opportunity of enrolling her identical twin sons in the Twin Study with Dr. Arnold Gesell, the first director of the Yale University Clinic now known as the Yale Child Study Center, as well as the nation?s first school psychologist.

After moving to Middletown, Connecticut in 1943, she continued her interest in gardening and became active in the local Garden Club. Her leadership ability was quickly recognized and she rose to the position of President of the Connecticut Garden Clubs. (Was this later in Portland) In that position she became active with the State Legislators and influenced them to ban billboards from the Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways. She was an avid party bridge player and maintained her interest in her gardens, especially roses, throughout her life. My father and I dug her a new rose bed in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, to her exacting specifications, digging down 3 feet and replacing the soil with manure and mulch.

On a more personal note I recall having mumps or measles when I was 5 or 6 and being bed-ridden while my father and the 3 other children were working in the garden in the back yard. I was very upset that I could not go out with them so my mother got out of her sick bed (probably getting the mumps or measles from me) and climbed into my bed to comfort me.