ude ▁Schw art z ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 4 ▁in ▁Alb any , ▁New ▁York , ▁to ▁George ▁and ▁Emma ▁( You ng ) ▁Schw art z . ▁Her ▁father ▁was ▁a ▁p ork ▁pack er ▁from ▁O ma ha , ▁Neb r aska . ▁She ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁ ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Neb r aska ▁( UN L ), ▁being ▁elected ▁to ▁Ph i ▁B eta ▁K appa ▁and ▁gain ing ▁her ▁A . B . ▁in ▁German ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 8 . ▁She ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁K appa ▁Al pha ▁Th eta . ▁She ▁wrote ▁her ▁dis sert ation ▁on ▁" The ▁Rel ation ▁of ▁Le af ▁Str ucture ▁to ▁Phys ical ▁Fact ors " ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 4 . ▁ ▁Schw art z ▁began ▁her ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁teaching ▁fellow ▁in ▁German ▁at ▁UN L ▁( 1 8 9 8 – 1 9 0 0 ). ▁During ▁this ▁period , ▁she ▁met ▁her ▁future ▁husband , ▁Freder ic ▁Clement s , ▁a ▁UN L ▁bot any ▁professor ▁who ▁influenced ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁her ▁gradu ate ▁studies . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁the ▁Univers ities ▁of ▁Neb r aska ▁and ▁Minnesota ▁( where ▁she ▁would ▁later ▁teach ) ▁were ▁cent ers ▁for ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁ph yt oge ography — the ▁ge ographic ▁distribution ▁of ▁plant ▁species — and ▁she ▁chose ▁to ▁make ▁this ▁her ▁area ▁of ▁special ization . ▁She ▁earned ▁her ▁doctor al ▁degree ▁in ▁bot any ▁in ▁ 1