Mildred Adams Fenton (November 14, 1899 – December 7, 1995)[1] trained in paleontology and geology at the University of Iowa.

She coauthored dozens of general science books with her husband, Carroll Lane Fenton, including Records of Evolution (1924), Land We Live On (1944), and Worlds in the Sky (1963).

[1] She graduated from the University of Chicago, where she met her husband Carroll Lane Fenton while they were both undergraduates.

[3][4] In addition to their scholarly contributions, the couple wrote fifty books on general science topics, and her photographs were often used as illustrations.

The couple established a scholarship fund for Hopi students at Northern Arizona University.