9 0 4 ▁( with ▁a ▁minor ▁in ▁German ic ▁phil ology ▁and ▁ge ology ), ▁becoming ▁the ▁first ▁woman ▁to ▁be ▁awarded ▁a ▁Ph . D . ▁by ▁UN L . ▁ ▁Ed ith ▁and ▁Freder ic ▁married ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 9 . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁After ▁gain ing ▁her ▁Ph . D ., ▁Clement s ▁got ▁a ▁job ▁as ▁an ▁assistant ▁in ▁bot any ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Nev ada ▁( 1 9 0 4 – 0 7 ), ▁where ▁Freder ic ▁was ▁teaching . ▁To ▁raise ▁money , ▁they ▁spent ▁several ▁sum mers ▁collect ing ▁plant ▁spec im ens ▁and ▁assemble d ▁the ▁Her bar ia ▁Form ation um ▁Color ad ens ium , ▁a ▁valuable ▁collection ▁of ▁some ▁ 5 3 0 ▁spec im ens ▁of ▁Colorado ▁mountain ▁plants ▁carefully ▁annot ated ▁and ▁supp lement ed ▁by ▁ 1 0 0 ▁photograph s . ▁It ▁was ▁issued ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 ▁in ▁ 2 4 ▁sets ▁that ▁were ▁sold ▁to ▁scientific ▁institutions . ▁A ▁few ▁years ▁later , ▁they ▁assemble d ▁another ▁collection ▁featuring ▁some ▁ 6 1 5 ▁spec im ens ▁of ▁crypt og ams ; ▁this ▁set ▁was ▁later ▁( 1 9 7 2 ) ▁issued ▁in ▁print ▁form ▁by ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Botan ical ▁Garden . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 9 , ▁Clement s ▁was ▁h ired ▁as ▁an ▁instruct or ▁in ▁bot any ▁by ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Minnesota , ▁Min ne apolis , ▁where ▁Freder ic ▁had ▁been ▁h