旺达的女儿 was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 5, 1895. 她于1915年获得俄勒冈州立大学理学学士学位,主修家政学, 植物学, 植物病理学. She returned to the Midwest for graduate study, 1916年在威斯康辛大学获得理学硕士学位, studying 植物学 植物病理学. Weniger earned her PhD in 1918 from Univiversity of Chicago, 植物学, 22岁就拿了优等生.
1918年10月,她被任命为ND农业实验站的植物病理学家, 服役至1925年. 由于与另一名教员结婚,她被迫辞去教职, 威廉Brentzel, who succeeded her in this position. 在她被任命时,她是ND农业实验站的第一位女性教员,也可能是任何实验站的第一位女性植物病理学家.
在职期间, she researched cereal and forage crop diseases, contributing regularly to the Annual 经验值eriment Station Reports. Despite having lost her faculty rank, 她继续进行科学研究, authoring "Diseases of Grain and Forage Crops in North Dakota", ND Ag). 经验值. 第166号电台公报,1923年5月. 92 pages, and revised it in 1932 (published as Bulletin 255, Jan. 1932. 97页).
In addition to the work listed above, she continued to be very active in science, despite a lack of formal recognition from the college. 她曾担任《乐虎电子》的摘要作者和ND寄生真菌的私人研究员. She was a member of AAAS and became a Fellow of the society in 1925. She served the Biological Stain Commission, Sigma Xi, the American Association of University Women (AAUW), and the 法戈 Fortnightly Club (1929-1974). 她还和丈夫一起创办了一家名为“农场管理服务”的公司. 这家合资企业的目标是为州外农场经营者提供服务. 他们现在可能会被视为北达科他州第一批农业作物顾问.
Dr. Weniger Brentzel was recognized with many honors, 包括:谁是谁在ND, 谁是谁在中西部, and Who's Who of American Women; editor and writer of ND Club Women; founder of ND Mental Health Association (1952); Governor's Committee for Status of Women (1964); nine years on the 法戈 Board of Education, 1946 - 1947年总统. 韦尼格还发起了一个流动图书项目,并为ND的第一个流动图书筹集了资金(~ 1950年)。, 是法戈托儿所(为职业母亲的孩子服务)的顾问委员会成员, 1942-1955), 并在妇女俱乐部总联合会董事会任职,在那里她帮助出版了一本题为“已婚妇女生活中的工作”的出版物-哥伦比亚出版社, 1957).
Obviously she was a very active woman. 除了她的专业和社区服务活动,她是一个活跃的业余爱好者. She operated a Federal Bird Banding Station in her home, band大于22,97种,000只鸟. She was also a book binder and stamp collector.
布伦泽尔夫妇有一个儿子爱德华,他大学毕业后成为一名数学家和地质学家. Dr. 韦尼格·布伦泽尔的兄弟, Willibald身上, 靠自己的力量成功了吗, 成为俄勒冈州立大学物理系主任和研究生院院长.
Dr. 旺达的女儿 Brentzel于1978年去世.