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Fish, Gabriella

Period 0

2/10/21

Mary Maynard Daly

Achievements to the science field:

Marie Maynard Daly was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D in chemistry. She studied and researched the effects of cholesterol on the heart and also studied the effects of different nutrients on artery health. Additionally, she contributed and studied how the circulatory system is different depending on age and also studied the effects of hypertension on the circulatory system. Later in her life she studied how proteins are made and organized in a cell.

Marie Maynard Daly also helped increase the amount of minority students in medical and graduate schools. She also helped research the effects of cigarette smoking on the lungs.

Background: (I know it wasn't required but I wanted to include it anyway)

Marie Maynard Daly was educated in an all-female high school where she was encouraged to pursue chemistry, and later got into Queens College in New York, graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, and got her master’s degree after only one year. She then enrolled in a doctoral program at Columbia University and investigated how compounds made in the body affects digestion. Only three years after being in the program, she got her PhD in chemistry, becoming the first African American woman to get a PhD in chemistry. Daly began researching molecular biology in the Rockefeller Institute, New York, where she studied the components of a nucleus and many other studies. Lastly, Marie Maynard Daly became a college professor in medicine and participated in programs where she helped increase the amount of minority students in medical school.

Impact on me:

I thought Marie Maynard Dally’s story and achievements were very inspirational. I am right now gearing towards wanting to be in the medical field, and believe she is a wonderful role model for all people. She worked extremely hard and achieved so many things which is incredible. I hope to one day achieve as many things as she did. In health and biology, I learned that I really enjoy learning about the heart and arteries. Marie Maynard Daly studied and made contributions to this area of research which I found very interesting. Additionally, the macromolecules unit in biology was one of my favorites, and Daly also contributed in studies involving those as well.

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Fish, Veronica
Period 4
2/10/21

Alma Levant Hayden was an African-American chemist at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases. She was the Chief of the Spectrophotometer Research Branch in the Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. She led the team of scientists that exposed the anti-cancer drug Krebiozen. Krebiozen was advertised as a drug that could cure cancer. Alma Levant Hayden and her team exposed that the drug was simply mineral oil and creatine.

Alma Levant Hayden inspires me because she worked with cancer research. I want to be a doctor or work in cancer research as well, and she proved that anyone can be successful in a male-dominated field. She's worked so hard to expose fraud and help other people, and I hope to be like her one day too.

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Carter Ring
Period 1
2/10/21

Charles Richard Drew was a scientist and medical surgeon who was responsible for pioneering the American blood banking system along with establishing new techniques in the field of blood storage and transfusion. Charles has impacted my life to this day by contributing his research to help soldiers and civilians during World War II through his establishments in blood banks. Charles saved many lives with his research and continues to till this day as modern day hospitals have built upon his work.

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Valdivia, Jazmine
Period 2
2/10/21

Angie Turner king had been an American chemist, educator, and a mathematician. She was one of the first African American women to gain degrees in math and chemistry. She had taught at West Virginia State College in Institute. She had also Taught soldiers in the Army at WVSC in WWII. She had also earned a doctoral degree.
Impact on me:
After reading more about her she taught me that you can do so many things in life then just one. Not only did she get degrees in math she also got one in chemistry. She taught at a college and even taught during WWII, while she was teaching she also took care of her five children. She had lived all the way up to 99, which had been very impressive considering she had many tasks and could have been very stressed.

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Chase Savela

Lloyd Hall achieved many things throughout his career, as he was able to attain 59 U.S. patents. However, the most notable advancement he made was his discovery that food could be better preserved through a combination of salt, tiny crystals of sodium nitrate, and nitrite that suppressed the nitrogen that spoils food. Without his work, food would be spoiling much faster, which would drastically lower the availability of fresh foods.

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Desai, Kina
Period 0
2/10/21

Angie Turner King

Angie Turner King was an education and one of the first African American women to earn a degree in chemistry and math. King mentored and educated many African American students, especially in math and chemistry. First, King got a degree in math, she later returned to school to receive her chemistry degree, being one of the first African American women to do so. King’s chemistry thesis she wrote is titled "The Interaction Between Solutions of Tannic Acid and Hydrous Ferric Oxide” which was published as her research. King had few published research works, but instead focused on education and helped educate many more African Americans on chemistry and math, thus teaching another generation and group of innovators in the science field. During World War II, King worked as an educator for soldiers at WVSC. Moreover, King also taught at the collegiate level at West Virginia State University. The achievement of Angie Turner King that I would most like to honor is her being one of the first African American women to receive a math and chemistry degree and then using her knowledge to educate other African Americans.

Impact on me & connection:

A personal connection to Angie Turner King that I share is the love for math and science while being a female. King’s achievements have impacted me by paving the way for future females (like me) in the science and math fields, seeing as she was one of the first to get a degree in math and science. She also impacted me by being a role model in that she used her knowledge in chemistry and math to educate and mentor other African Americans, or minority groups, about chemistry and math, thus allowing for more contributions and research to be made in the scientific field.

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Ava Nicols
Period 2
2/10/21

St. Elmo Brady was the first African-American man in the United States to earn a PhD in Chemistry. He received his PhD at the University of Illinois in 1916 for his work done in Noyes Laboratory.  During his time at Illinois, Brady became the first African American admitted to the university's chemical honor society. He was also one of the first African Americans to be inducted into Sigma Xi, the science honorary society.

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Norrie, Stratton
Period 4
2/10/21

St. Elmo Brady was the first African American to receive a Ph.D in Chemistry. Brady left a very impressive teaching legacy at black colleges. Brady has made an impact on me, by showing that no matter how difficult the circumstances are, there is always a way through.

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George Washington Carver was a scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor. He developed hundreds of new uses for agricultural crops. One of his best inventions was crop rotation. His inventions were very important to where the world is today.

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Claire Koerber
Period 2
2/10/21

Also known as the "father of the blood bank", Charles Richard Drew was a renowned surgeon, athlete, teacher, and experimenter. After playing college football and track and field at Amherst College, Drew went on to McGill University College of Medicine. After years of schooling and earning rewards, Drew's main accomplishments began while he was working with Allen Whipple and John Scudder, at Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Charles and John were researching, among other topics, fluid balance, blood banks, and transfusions. His discoveries through experiments, procedures, and data collection led to him running the Blood for Britain Project (BFB). This organization worked to send blood and plasma to Britain who were currently under attack by Germany. Drew's research   allowed him and his partners in the program to preserve and transport the blood in the best way possible, so that the substances were useful could arrive safely at the destination. Later on,  Drew returned to Howard University where he taught surgical students at Freedmen's hospital. Charles Richard Drew has made incredible impacts on the entire world of medicine and science, but I believe his research and breakthroughs are incredibly inspiring. I am also interested in a medical career and the research Drew did will impact me if I choose that career path.

Source: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/african-americans-in-sciences/charles-richard-drew.html

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Marie Maynard Daly earned a Ph.D in chemistry and was the first African American woman to do so. She not only paved her own path, despite challenges through her upbringing, but she also helped others reach where they aspired to be by working to increase minorities in medical schools. Marie Maynard Daly conducted vital research on cholesterol, sugars, and proteins, where she found a strong bond between high cholesterol and high blood pressure. During her time, this was a very influential discovery and impacted the future greatly. It set a precedent for research in the future about high blood pressure-related diseases. I chose Marie Maynard Daly because I think it is incredible how she worked as hard as she could to achieve what she did. I also think it is very honorable how she worked to give opportunities to minorities in medical schools because without that guidance they may never had the chance. Also, I believe she is fascinating to hear about for people who may want to go into the medical field in their futures, like me, or just anyone in general. Her work and dedication impacted me to work to achieve what may seem impossible, so hopefully it can impact another life for the better.

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St. Elmo Brady was the first ever African American in the United States to recieve a Ph.D. He taught Chemistry at Tuskegee College and Howard University, where he eventually became the Chair of Howard University's Chemistry Department. He serves as an inspiration to not only other African Americans but to anyone pursuing a career in chemistry. I learned that you should always continue chasing your passion no matter what the odds are.

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Charlie dickey

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Saint Elmo Brady was born on December 22, 1884 in Louisville, Kentucky. He received his bachelors degree from Fisk University in 1908 at 24 years old and began teaching in Alabama. Bradys legacy consisted of receiving a PhD in chemistry in 1916 being the first African-American to receive a PhD in that field. He was also the first African-American to be admitted into his universities chemical honor Society. After completing his graduate studies, he taught at Tuskegee University for four years. In 1920. After his four years of teaching he became the chair of Howard university’s chemistry department. What made Brady so special is that he established multiple strong undergraduate curricula, graduate programs, and fundraising development solely for the four historically colored colleges. The reason why I connect with Brady so much is because his constant effort to improve the education in schools of color allowed more African Americans to be educated and later become historical figures in science, further reaching to the ultimate goal of equality.

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Hunter Gregory
Period 2
2/10/21

George Washington Carver was an agricultural scientist who worked most often with peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soy beans. Carver got his masters at Iowa State University in agricultural science and he would then go on to do loads of research at Tuskegee University. After his death, his childhood home was named a national monument in honor of him and his achievements. This has impacted me because it shows how if your doing something you love, you can always do great things.

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Early Life

Born on a farm near Diamond, Missouri, the exact date of Carver's birth is unknown, but it's thought he was born in January or June of 1864.

Nine years prior, Moses Carver, a white farm owner, purchased George Carver's mother Mary when she was 13 years old. The elder Carver reportedly was against slavery, but needed help with his 240-acre farm.

When Carver was an infant, he, his mother and his sister were kidnapped from the Carver farm by one of the bands of slave raiders that roamed Missouri during the Civil War era. They were resold in Kentucky.

Moses Carver hired a neighbor to retrieve them, but the neighbor only succeeded in finding George, whom he purchased by trading one of Moses' finest horses. Carver grew up knowing little about his mother or his father, who had died in an accident before he was born.

Moses Carver and his wife Susan raised the young George and his brother James as their own and taught the boys how to read and write.

James gave up his studies and focused on working the fields with Moses. George, however, was a frail and sickly child who could not help with such work; instead, Susan taught him how to cook, mend, embroider, do laundry and garden, as well as how to concoct simple herbal medicines.

At a young age, Carver took a keen interest in plants and experimented with natural pesticides, fungicides and soil conditioners. He became known as the "the plant doctor" to local farmers due to his ability to discern how to improve the health of their gardens, fields and orchards.

Education

At age 11, Carver left the farm to attend an all-Black school in the nearby town of Neosho.

He was taken in by Andrew and Mariah Watkins, a childless Black couple who gave him a roof over his head in exchange for help with household chores. A midwife and nurse, Mariah imparted on Carver her broad knowledge of medicinal herbs and her devout faith.

Disappointed with the education he received at the Neosho school, Carver moved to Kansas about two years later, joining numerous other Blacks who were traveling west.

For the next decade or so, Carver moved from one Midwestern town to another, putting himself through school and surviving off of the domestic skills he learned from his foster mothers.

He graduated from Minneapolis High School in Minneapolis, Kansas, in 1880 and applied to Highland College in Kansas (today's Highland Community College). He was initially accepted at the all-white college but was later rejected when the administration learned he was Black.

In the late 1880s, Carver befriended the Milhollands, a white couple in Winterset, Iowa, who encouraged him to pursue a higher education. Despite his former setback, he enrolled in Simpson College, a Methodist school that admitted all qualified applicants.

Carver initially studied art and piano in hopes of earning a teaching degree, but one of his professors, Etta Budd, was skeptical of a Black man being able to make a living as an artist. After learning of his interests in plants and flowers, Budd encouraged Carver to apply to the Iowa State Agricultural School (now Iowa State University) to study botany.

Carver Makes Black History

In 1894, Carver became the first African American to earn a Bachelor of Science degree. Impressed by Carver's research on the fungal infections of soybean plants, his professors asked him to stay on for graduate studies.

Carver worked with famed mycologist (fungal scientist) L.H. Pammel at the Iowa State Experimental Station, honing his skills in identifying and treating plant diseases.

In 1896, Carver earned his Master of Agriculture degree and immediately received several offers, the most attractive of which came from Booker T. Washington (whose last name George would later add to his own) of Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in Alabama.

Washington convinced the university's trustees to establish an agricultural school, which could only be run by Carver if Tuskegee was to keep its all-Black faculty. Carver accepted the offer and would work at Tuskegee Institute for the rest of his life.

Tuskegee Institute

Carver's early years at Tuskegee were not without hiccups.

For one, agriculture training was not popular-Southern farmers believed they already knew how to farm and students saw schooling as a means to escape farming. Additionally, many faculty members resented Carver for his high salary and demand to have two dormitory rooms, one for him and one for his plant specimens.

Carver also struggled with the demands of the faculty position he held. He wanted to devote his time to researching agriculture for ways to help out poor Southern farmers, but he was also expected to manage the school's two farms, teach, ensure the school's toilets and sanitary facilities worked properly, and sit on multiple committees and councils.

Carver and Washington had a complicated relationship and would butt heads often, in part because Carver wanted little to do with teaching (though he was beloved by his students). Carver would eventually get his way when Washington died in 1915 and was succeeded by Robert Russa Moton, who relieved Carver of his teaching duties except for summer school.

What Did George Washington Carver Invent?

By this time, Carver already had great successes in the laboratory and the community. He taught poor farmers that they could feed hogs acorns instead of commercial feed and enrich croplands with swamp muck instead of fertilizers. But it was his ideas regarding crop rotation that proved to be most valuable.

Through his work on soil chemistry, Carver learned that years of growing cotton had depleted the nutrients from soil, resulting in low yields. But by growing nitrogen-fixing plants like peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes, the soil could be restored, allowing yield to increase dramatically when the land was reverted to cotton use a few years later.

To further help farmers, he invented the Jessup wagon, a kind of mobile (horse-drawn) classroom and laboratory used to demonstrate soil chemistry.

Carver: The Peanut Man

Farmers, of course, loved the high yields of cotton they were now getting from Carver's crop rotation technique. But the method had an unintended consequence: A surplus of peanuts and other non-cotton products.

Carver set to work on finding alternative uses for these products. For example, he invented numerous products from sweet potatoes, including edible products like flour and vinegar and non-food items such as stains, dyes, paints and writing ink.

But Carver's biggest success came from peanuts.

In all, he developed more than 300 food, industrial and commercial products from peanuts, including milk, Worcestershire sauce, punches, cooking oils, salad oil, paper, cosmetics, soaps and wood stains. He also experimented with peanut-based medicines, such as antiseptics, laxatives and goiter medications.

It should be noted, however, that many of these suggestions or discoveries remained curiosities and did not find widespread applications.

In 1921, Carver appeared before the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on behalf of the peanut industry, which was seeking tariff protection. Though his testimony did not begin well, he described the wide range of products that could be made from peanuts, which not only earned him a standing ovation but also convinced the committee to approve a high protected tariff for the common legume.

He then became known as "The Peanut Man."

Fame and Legacy

In the last two decades of his life, Carver lived as a minor celebrity but his focus was always on helping people.

He traveled the South to promote racial harmony, and he traveled to India to discuss nutrition in developing nations with Mahatma Gandhi.

Up until the year of his death, he also released bulletins for the public (44 bulletins between 1898 and 1943). Some of the bulletins reported on research findings but many others were more practical in nature and included cultivation information for farmers, science for teachers and recipes for housewives.

In the mid-1930s, when the polio virus raged in America, Carver became convinced that peanuts were the answer. He offered a treatment of peanut oil massages and reported positive results, though no scientific evidence exists that the treatments worked (the benefits patients experienced were likely due to the massage treatment and attentive care rather than the oil).

Carver died on January 5, 1943, at Tuskegee Institute after falling down the stairs of his home. He was 78 years old. Carver was buried next to Booker T. Washington on the Tuskegee Institute grounds.

Monument

Soon after, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed legislation for Carver to receive his own monument, an honor previously only granted to presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

The George Washington Carver National Monument now stands in Diamond, Missouri. Carver was also posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Quotes

"Where there is no vision, there is no hope."

"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these."

"When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world."

Sources

George Washington Carver; American Chemical Society.
George W. Carver (1865? - 1943); The State Historical Society of Missouri.
George Washington Carver; Science History Museum.
George Washington Carver, The Black History Monthiest Of Them All; NPR.
George Washington Carver And The Peanut; American Heritage.

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George Washington Carver, born into slavery, was a scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts (but not peanut butter) and other crops.

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Luke Graham
Period 4
2/10/21

James Andrew Harris was a Nuclear chemist, and the first African American to co-discover new elements. Not only did James Andrew Harris help discover rutherfordium (element 104) but he also contributed to the discovery of dubnium (element 105). James Andrew Harris had many extraordinary jobs, such as Head of Engineering and Technical Services Division, along with working on isotope division at University of California-Berkeley. Harris also worked on 8 organizations throughout his life.

James Andrew Harris's work has impacted me, since he helped discover new elements that I now know exist. His research also benefited the future of Nuclear Chemistry, since nuclear chemists can now find other elements with higher atomic numbers.

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Canada, Brendan
Period 1
2/10/21

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist who was born in Manhattan, New York. Tyson went to Harvard University, University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. His most prestigious award is the NASA distinguished public service medal. This medal is given out to a few individuals a year for those who have contributed a large amount of help towards NASA's mission, to explore the universe. This award is the highest award NASA can give out.

Impact on me:
Tyson has been one of the best know astrophysicists of our time. With him and people like him, our generation will be able to explore tons of the universe with what he has been able to do now. Our generation is supposed to be able to live on mars and with his help, we most likely will be able to.

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Lloyd Augustus Hall was a talented chemist who innovated many ways to preserve food that are still used and patented today. Prior to his research, most preservation was done with salts and it was difficult to keep foods from spoiling without making them taste bitter. In 1932, he found a way to use a combination of salt with tiny crystals of sodium nitrate and nitrite that suppressed the nitrogen that spoiled food. This patented method of preserving meats is still used today. Personally, I eat a lot of food. WIthout Lloyd Augustus Hall's discovery, I would be having an entirely different situation with food, although I am unsure wether I would have to eat more or less. Regardless, my life and many others were changed by Lloyd Augustus Hall and his reaserch.

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Lloyd Augustus Hall was a man that succeeded in many ways throughout his career one of which being food preservation. He created many different ways to preserve food and slow the process of spoiling. Many of his ways are still used today in our lives.

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Kinzie Malony
2/10/21

One of Mary Maynard Daly's many achievements was being that first African american women to receive a Ph. D in chemistry. She studied different affects certain drugs had on the heart and its function, same with nutrients effecting the artery. Not only did she also study the circulatory system but she also studied on how proteins are made and organized in a cell. She did so much good for the world by figuring out such important but simple things that no one else seemed to question, she truly is inspirational and quite honorable.

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Hannah Liebman

Period 1

2/10/21

Angie Turner King was a chemist, mathematicians, and educator. She was one of the 1st black women to receive degrees in chemistry and mathematics. She also received her Phd in mathematics education and  thought some of the most successful African Americans in stem. I connect with her because she shows that there is nothing you cannot/ aren’t allowed to do. She also demonstrates that you have the capability to do multiple important things such as work in math and science.

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Lauren Dover
Period 2
2/10/21

Mari Maynard Daly struggled with racial segregation her whole life. However, she started to break some of those boundaries by becoming the first African American women to get a Ph.D in chemistry. She specifically worked with the different types of nutrient groups. The main group she worked with was proteins and sugars. This effects a person's cholesterol which was another thing that Daly really focussed on. On top of her scientific research, Daly also worked to create more opportunities for minority students to graduate from medical school and from graduate science programs.

The impact that Daly's research and hard work had on me was that because of her we now know more about the different food groups and how they affect our bodies. I know what makes up a protein and how to eat it responsibly. I am also able to go and get education in science if I would like to pursue that type of career.

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Kyrstin Knight

Marie Daly was a biochemist. After she completed her Ph.D at Columbia, becoming the first African Woman to obtain a chemist degree in The Untied States. Marie Daly studied proteins, sugars, and cholesterol, and detected herself to get more minority students in medical school and graduate science programs. She allows taught students and made daily groundbreaking work on clarifying how the body works. She did all this while overcoming racial and gender bias. She died on October 28, 2003. Without her hard work minority groups would not be allowed to become doctors or scientists.

source:
https://www.biography.com/scientist/marie-m-daly

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Charles Richard Drew was a renowned surgeon and an educator as well. He also pioneered the American blood banking system. In WWII he was able to set up a system called, "Blood for Britain" and he organized the collection and process of blood plasma and transferring them to hospitals in New York and overseas to help treat casualties. I have always been interested in becoming a surgeon and saving lives so it was interesting hearing he was able to set up a system and save so many people during the war.

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Mya Clarke
Period 1
2/10/21
Marie Maynard was a American biochemist and the first African-American women to earn a chemistry PHD. She attended Queens College Flushing, in New York, where she graduated with a Bachelor of science degree in chem. She had a instructor position at Howard University for 2 years after receiving her PHD. There she started to research the composition/metabolism of componets in the nucleus. Marie wanted to increase the amount of minorities in graduate science programs and medical schools, so she make programs to help with that. In memory of her father she published a scholarship fund for African-Americans.

Achievements:
Daly overachieved challenges with not only being African-American but also being a women. She lead important studies on proteins, sugars, and cholesterol. Like I said before she was the first African-American women to earn a PHD. Also, Marie wanted to increase the amount of minorities in graduate science programs and medical schools, so she make programs to help with that.
Impact on me:
As an African-American women myself as well as Daly. I feel empowered knowing that someone like me can achieve such greatness in their lifetime like Marie Maynard Daly did. She and many other important Black figures will always impact my daily life every single day. I look forward to learning more about Marie Maynard Daly's studies in later school years. As much of an inspiration she is to me, her studies of chemistry and more, have encourage me to enjoy and learn more about this topic.

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McDonald, Miles
Period 5
2/10/21
Alma Levant Hayden was an American chemist born in 1927. She was one of the first African American women to gain a scientist position at a Washington DC science agency. She first worked at the National Institutes of Health and later at the FDA. As if that's not an accomplishment on its own, Alma had several other achievements contributing to public health safety around the world. Alma is most well known for disproving and exposing the 'anti-cancer drug' that is Krebiozen. Stevan Durovic found cancer would disappear spontaneously from horses and distilled a white powder from their blood, moving to Chicago to sell it. On September 3rd, 1963 Hayden was granted very small amounts of the Krebiozen and tested it in the FDA's Spectrophotometric Unit lab. She mixed a microgram with a potassium bromide solution and then into an infrared spectrometer, and comparing the chemical fingerprint till she found it was essentially creatine. Alma is an inspiration in her aspirations on their own and her accomplishments. She saved millions of families from false hope and spending large sums of money for a fake cure to a real disease.

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Song, Kailena
Period 4
2/10/21
George Washington Carver was a botanist, educator, and inventor, who is most famously known for developing new uses for crops.  In 1984, Carver became the first African American to earn a Bachelor of Science Degree, making Black History.  He also earned his Master of Agriculture degree.  Washington Carver convinced the university to establish an agricultural school which he ran with his all black faculty.  Carver invented a crop rotation technique to restore nitrogen levels in soil, which had been depleted through repeated cotton farming.  Carver planted nitrogen fixing crops like peanuts and sweet potatoes, and then returned to planting cotton a few years later.  The cotton was much more successful.

George Washington Carver has had an impact on me through his vast inventions and experiments.  Carver's inventions have spread globally, and have created a huge impact on agricultural science.  Carver additionally broke down barriers in science.  Like Carver, I like to create useful inventions, which is a connection we share.

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Sydney Hant
Period 5
2/10/21

She was the first African American women to get a Ph.D in chemistry. Marie Maynard Daly studied the effects of different nutrients on artery health and later studied how protein are made and organized in a cell. Also, she added to the study for how the circulatory system differs depending on a persons age. She researched the effects of smoking on the lungs at a time where the majority of people thought it was okay.
Marie Maynard Daly also helped get other people of color into medical and graduate school.
After researching and learning about Marie Maynard Daly I've realized how great of a role model she is to all young women and minorities who feel discouraged about entering medical and science fields because of stereotypes and discrimination. She is encouraging me to do what I'm passionate in and succeed.

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She was the first African American woman to gain degrees in chemistry and mathematics, gaining Bachelor’s degree in 1927, and a master’s degree in 1931. She went on to a PHD in mathematics education, the first African American to do so. She was a king and a great scientist discovering many thing about mathematics and chemistry.

Source ACS.org

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Austin Sheu
Period 4
2/10/21
St. Elmo Brady was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the the United States. He went on to build chemistry curricula and programs for the next generation of chemists.   Due to his work, Brady has a very strong legacy at black colleges. He left an impact on me by showing how even with incredible difficulties you can still overcome challenges.

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Soricut, Clara
Period 1
2/10/21

Lloyd Hall was an American chemist who descoverd ways to preserve food. He used Karl Seifert's sodium chloride (salt) and added other ingredients such as corn sugar and glycerine to infibit caking of the salt. He also invented ways to preserve food with lots of fats and oils (the ones that spoil faster. He used antioxidants and vegtable oil comined with salts to slove this problem.

How this impacts me:
I am a swimmer so I have to go to many meets that can be pretty far away. When traveling, the only food I can bring in packaged and prevered food so it doesn't spoil on the car ride there or even while eating it. Preserved foods has helped me a lot with my sport.

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Thomas Temperley
Henry served on the boards of the American Chemical Society from 1971-1978. He also worked in customer safety, and served as the chairman of the Compliance Committee of the National Motor Vehicle Safety Advisory Council. I feel like I relate to Henry well because we both take safety in science very seriously. I also loved what he accomplished throughout his life.

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Georgia McKnight
Period 2
2/10/2021

Lloyd Augustus Hall was an African American chemist whose contributions to the world of food preservation made a lasting impact. His research in the 1930's proved that nitrates can be used to prevent foods, such as meats from spoiling. He also discovered that a variety of spices and antioxidants can be used to suppress the growth of bacteria and mold on food. His research impacts me because without his achievements most of the food that I eat would have been infected with bacteria. Due to his advancements in the field of food preservation I am able to safely preserve my food without it spoiling.

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Ava Kim
Period 0
2/10/21

Henry Aaron Hill was an American chemist who became the first African American president of the American Chemical Society. He was born in St. Joseph, Missouri and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina. After a year of graduate study at the University of Chicago, Hill went on to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received a doctorate in organic chemistry in 1942. As an African American, Hill often encountered prejudice, the probable reason that he had to send out 54 applications before he landed a job with North Atlantic Research Corporation of Newtonville, Massachusetts. As a scientist, he specialized in the chemistry of fluorocarbons. Hill served on the boards on the boards of the American Chemical Society and Rohm & Haas. He also worked in the area of consumer safety, serving as chairman of the Compliance Committee of the National Motor Vehicle Safety Advisory Council and was a member of the Information Council on Fabric Flammability. In 1952, Henry Aaron Hill founded National Polychemicals to supply chemical intermediates to the burgeoning polymer-polymerization processes. I feel inspired by Henry Aaron Hill because even with all the prejudice due to his race, he still pushed through that and succeeding in business.

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Wasden, Marina
Period 5
2/10/21

Norbert Rillieux revolutionized sugar processing and refining techniques. He studied at École Centrale Paris, where he learned about mechanics, engineering, and physics. He also learned about the steam engine, which helped him to create the multiple-effect evaporator. Between 1834 and 1843, he patented his machine. His machine addressed uneven transfer of heat, as well as the spillage of hot sugar from the previous method. His invention allowed for the lowering of temperatures in industrial evaporation, as well as the saving of large amounts of fuel. Now, the multiple-level evaporator is used everywhere as it is so efficient.

Norbert's work inspires me because he was able to help people. When he saw the workers handling hot sugar unsafely, he felt compelled to help them with his invention. He was able to improve the lives of so many people that previously faced burns and other injuries while trying to do their job. Overall, Norbert Rillieux is inspiring as he was able to use his knowledgely to effectively improve the lives of thousands of people.

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Ken, Sydney
Period 5
2/10/21

Angie Turner King was the first African-American woman to get her PhD in mathematics education as well as getting degrees in both chemistry and mathematics. She attended Bluefield Color institute, which is now Bluefield State College, then transferred West Virginia State College. King began teaching at the laboratory high school of West Virginia State College, and studied at Cornell University in the summer. King’s most significant achievement was her work as a teacher and mentor. She was a favorite teacher among her students and a large amount of her students had gone on to postgraduate education. One of her most successful students was Katherine Johnson, one of the scientists featured in the movie, Hidden Figures. As a student myself, I realize the importance of a good teacher. I can relate to Angie Turner King in some of my own teachers, as someone who is understanding, caring, and inspiring to their students. The dedication and determination that King demonstrated throughout her life encourages me to work hard to achieve my goals.

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Phillips, Jack
Period 2
2/10/21

John R. Cooper was an American chemist with several patents in development of fluorine-rubber compounds. These compounds are resistant to heat which are used to seal jet engines. Dr. Cooper received a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale in 1952. Four years later he was awarded a doctoral degree in Organic Chemistry from the University of Cincinnati.

How this impacts me:
Over school breaks my family and I sometimes go on trips around the world. With John R. Cooper's invention of fluorine-rubber used to seal jet engines, travel is much more safer than it used to be.

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Ellie Truitt
Period 4
2/10/21
Marie Maynard Daly was an extremely accomplished chemist. She conducted very important studies on sugars, proteins and cholesterol. She also wanted to increase the enrollment of minority students in medical school as well as graduate science programs. And most importantly, Marie was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry. She received it from the Columbia University in 1947. She passed away in 2003 but won't ever be forgotten as she has pathed the way for women, including women of color, to seek positions in the medical field and make great advancements! Marie has inspired me to pursue my hopes and dreams of becoming the person I want to be and to be myself no matter what I might look like.

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James Caldwell
Period 4
2/10/21

George Washington Carver was an American scientist and inventor who helped promote alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century.

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Hailey Tucker
Period 2
2/10/21
Angie Turner King was a chemist, mathematician, and educator. She was one of the first African American women to earn degrees in both chemistry and math. King was an extremely good teacher and inspired so many people. She first began teaching at the laboratory high school of West Virginia State College. One of her students throughout her years on being an educator was Katherine Johnson, who was one of the scientists featured in the movie Hidden Figures. Also, following the outbreak of World War II, King taught chemistry to soldiers in the Army Specialized Training Program.  King has inspired me to follow my passions and dreams even if it is something where others might want me to fail. She is such an inspiration to others and has paved the math for many future women and women of color.

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Stuart, Grace
Period 5
2/10/21

Angie Turner King was one of the first African American women to earn a degree in math and science. She later moved on to be a chemist, mathematician, and an educator. Not only was she successful in these fields of work, but she was also chair woman of the West Virginia Governor's Commission on the Status of Women. She frequently spoke to advance the roles of women not only in math and science industries but in society as well. King is an inspirational role model for all young girls and women.

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Daniel Conniff
Period 4
2/10/21
Lloyd Augustus Hall was a gifted scientist who invented a number of ways to preserve foods and amassed numerous patents used today. He did this by using salts to preserve foods and other goods. An impact he made on my life is that food has a longer shelf life so I can eat it at a later time.

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Declan Owen
Period 1
2/10/21

St. Elmo Brady was the first African American to earn a PhD degree in Chemistry in the United States. He received this PhD while attending the University of Illinois in 1916. St. Elmo Brady was born on December 22, 1884 and lived until December 25, 1966. He received his PhD by doing work in Noyes Laboratory which was a new chemical laboratory built in 1902. Prior to earning his PhD he earned his Bachelor Degree from Fisk University in 1908 at the age of 24. This has an impact on me because he is very inspiring with all of his accomplishments and even more because he had more obstacles than most people would. He got past his obstacles and became known for his hard work so I want to work hard like he did and become successful.

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MacDougall Victoria
Period 5
2/10/21

Alma Levant Hayden, was  born in 1927, and later graduated from South Carolina State College, in 1947. She  then got her masters in chemistry at Howard University. Hayden was the first African American to work for the FDA. In 1963, she became Chief of the Spectrophotometer Research Branch in the Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. She worked with the FDA on the research of drug safety. Her biggest achievements, a long-controversial alternative and expensive drug promoted as anti-cancer. Alma Levant Hayden inspires me, because she was able to push past stereotypes, and achieve her goals.

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Rafferty Waterson
Period 4
2/10/21
Ernest Everett Just was a pioneering African American biologist who was also an academic and science writer. He was mostly known for his recognition of the fundamental role of the cell surface in the development of organisms. During his time working he worked within marine biology, cytology, and parthenogenesis. He was born on August 14th 1883 in Charleston, South Carolina. He then went on to go to Dartmouth College University of Chicago. He was known for marine biology, cytology, and parthenogenesis. In 1915 he won the Springarn Medal. He died on October 27th 1941 at age 58 in Washington D.C.

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Reyes, Ava
Period 5
2/10/21

As one of the first women to obtain a degree in math and chemistry, Angie Turner paved the way for women scientists n the future. She taught at the West Virginia State College and studied at Cornell University in the summer. She was awarded with her PhD in 1955. Her influence on her students and work as a teacher is one of her most remarkable achievements. She was a notable role model for many esteemed scientists, such as Katherine Johnson. As a female woman in STEM, she has inspired me by her ability to overcome gender barriers and forever change the predominantly male profession.

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Marlee Yamamoto
Period 5
2/10/21
Angie Turner King was an educator, mathematician, and american chemist. She was born in 1905. She started teaching at West Virginia State High School and eventually taught at West Virginia State College. She improved the student’s quality of scientific research. She also taught chemistry to soldiers during WWII. She later became a doctor of philosophy in general education. In the 1970’s she went to Africa to get information on the status of women in places like Kenya and Ethiopia and later made a presentation on it. She retired from West Virginia State College in 1980. In 1992 the school gave her an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree. She was one of the first African American women to gain a degree in math and chemistry. She was able to accomplish many things and worked hard her whole life which has a lot of impact.

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Riley Yuan

James Andrew Harris was an American nuclear chemist who helped discover rutherfordium and dubnium. He is the first African American to contribute to the discovery of new elements and for his work, received two Merit Awards—one from the Mayor of Richmond, CA, and the other from the National Urban League. The elements that Harris has discovered impact me because they have unlocked new possibilities for scientific discovery.

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Andrew Fan
Period 0
2/10/21

Katherine Johnson is a mathematician who helped send the first Americans into space by figuring out paths for spacecraft to orbit Earth and land on the Moon.  In 1953, Katherine went to work as a “computer” for the National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics - Nasa’s forerunner.  Among her numerous achievements, she finished the trajectory analysis for Alan Shepard’s 1961 suborbital flight, which was the first time the US sent a human into space.  Johnson however, was most proud of the calculations she contributed to the Apollo 11 missions which placed the first human on the moon.  In 2015 president Obama awarded Katherine the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  Sadly on February 24th, 2020 Katherine Johnson passed away, forever known as an American hero.

Katherine Johnson inspired me to keep working on math. She helped with the math needed to pilot one of the ships sent to space. This has motivated me to pay attention in my math classes. It just shows how important math can be.

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Ezra Gedion
period 0
2/10/2021

Alma Levant Hayden was an american chemist and one of the first African-American women to gain a scientist position at a scientist agency in Washington D.C. She joined the national institutes of health in the 1950's, and graduated from Howard University with a master's degree in chemistry and became an expert in spectrophotometry, the measurement of how substances absorb light. Alma became chief of the Spectrophotometer research branch division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Her accomplishments tell me that no matter what your background was it is what you make of it that counts.

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Cooper, Manuel
Period 1
2/10/21

She was one of the first ever African American woman to get a degree in math and science. She then became many things such as a chemist, mathematician, and educator. She was a chair woman of the West Virginia Governor's Commission on the Status of Women. She spoke about her being able to accomplish these things. And now she has become and inspiration to many young woman and woman around the world.

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Vidhika Patel
Period 0
2/10/21

Charles Richard Drew was an African-American surgeon. He researched blood transfusions and  improving techniques for blood storage. Due to his large knowledge in blood banks, he helped saved thousands of lives in World War II. Drew has protested against racial segregation in the donation of blood. Impacting our lives of when we need or want to donate blood to save others lives in the future.

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Sarah Rapier
Period 1
2/10/21

Marie Maynard Dal was the first African American to earn a Ph.D in doctoral studies in 1947. For two years she positioned at Howard University as an instructor, researching on the composition and metabolism of the components in the cell nucleus. She also taught biochemistry at the College of Surgeons and Physicians of Columbia University. In 1998, Daly established a scholarship fund at Queens College for African Americans. After learning how dedicated and how hard she worked impacted me. It fascinates me how she’s the first African American to earn a Ph.D and how she helped improve medical studies for African American.

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Simran Multani
Period 5
2/10/2021

Marie Maynard Daly was an American biochemist who was the first Black woman in the United States to get a PhD. D. in chemistry. Marie conducted important studies in the chemistry field on proteins, sugars, and cholesterol. Along with her research, Marie was committed to multiple development programs that increased the enrollment of minority students in different types of medical schools. Through overcoming gender and racial imposed risks and prejudices, Marie earned an American Association award and continued to inspire people all around the world, including myself. As a woman of color, Marie has taught me that no matter the circumstance, you can always achieve what you want.

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Mary Maynard Daly is the first African American Woman to earn a PH.D in chemistry. She got this degree from Colombia University. She researched the composition and metabolism of the cell's nucleus. She also researched protein synthesis in living cells and the relation of diet and cardiac health. As her career continued, she developed programs to increase the number of minorities in medical schools and graduate programs. She even created a scholarship at Queens College for African Americans. Daly. Much of her research affects the way I live my life now like her research in cardiac health. I am impacted by Marie Maynard Daly daily because of her inspiring story. As a woman who would like to continue in STEM, it is wonderful to hear someone be so successful despite facing adversity.

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Emily Bryant
Period 5
2/10/21

Marie Maynard Daly was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D in chemistry. She was an American biochemist who studied how the chemicals in the body help with digestion and how proteins are constructed. Another contribution Daly made to science was she found out the causes of heart attacks. She concluded that high cholesterol and clogged arteries were the main reasons why heart attacks happen. She studied how food affects the heart and the circulatory system. Daly also taught biochemistry classes and helped students of color to get into medical school.
Marie Maynard Daly not only made important contributions to science, but was also an inspiration to many people, including me. I learned that anyone is capable of doing what they enjoy, no matter the color of their skin. She opened so many doors and opportunities for people to learn and get the education they want and need to reach their dreams.

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He was an American Physicist and the first African American to earn a Ph.D. He completed his dissertation in physics at Yale in 1876 and he was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He taught physics and chemistry in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia’s institute of Colored Youth from 1876 to 1902 when he resigned. He spent the next 14 years doing different jobs around the country and he died in 1918 in Connecticut.

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Norbert Rillieux is an amazing scientist. He is an American-French inventor who was widely considered one of the earliest chemical engineers. Something that Norbert Rillieux contributed to society was that he revolutionized sugar processing with the invention of the Multiple Effect Evaporator under Vacuum. A personal connection I have with Norbert Rillieux is that like him I find chemical engineering very fascinating. I would love to learn more about chemical engineering and all the cool things it can do.

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Emma Susilo
Period 0
2/10/21

George Washington Carver made his mark as a scientist specializing in agriculture as well and an inventor, educator, and botanist. His solution to alternative crops to cotton and preventing soil depletion made him one of the most significant black scientists in the 20s. Carver made important contributions developing many products using  peanuts, sweet potatoes and soybeans. Aside from this, George Washington Carver really set the movement for changing the way we see and innovate new inventions specifically in the agricultural department. My ancestors descended from Vietnam in a line of farmers and fisherman. When I was researching him, it gave me a sense that no matter the minority, the impact is just as if not more impactful to the future generations.

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Norbert Rillieux was an American-French inventor who was widely considered one of the earliest chemical engineers. Something that he contributed to society is that he revolutionized sugar processing with the invention of the Multiple Effect Evaporator under Vacuum. Rillieux's great scientific achievement was his recognition that at reduced pressure the repeated use of latent heat would result in the production of better quality sugar at lower cost. I relate to Norbert Rillieux because like him I find chemical engineering really fascinating. I would love to learn more about it and all the cool parts of chemical engineering.

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Laffoon, Elliott
Period 4
2/10/21

George Washington Carver was an inventor and agricultural scientist who developed hundreds of products using peanuts and also developed soybeans and sweet potato. He was a slave before he was a scientist. He earned his masters from Iowa State University.  He researched and taught at Tuskegee University. The impact he has had on me is he has created and developed hundreds of agricultural products that we still use today.

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Kelly Berman
Feb. 10, 2021
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Marie Maynard Daly was the first African-American woman to receive a PhD and she earned it from Columbia University which is one of the top universities in the country. Not only was she an advocate for education for people of color she also began research of  the metabolism of components in the cell nucleus. She also was a teacher at Howard University for two years. She developed programs that would increase the number of minority students in medical schools and graduate science programs. Another amazing accomplishment is that she established a scholarship fund at Queens College for African American students in commemoration of her father.

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George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was the most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century. Carver developed hundreds of products using the peanut, sweet potatoes and soybeans. He also was a champion of crop rotation and agricultural education. His research on peanuts, sweet potatoes, and other products helped poor southern farmers vary their crops and improve their diets. my great grandfather had seen carver and learned numbers about dietation from him.

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Kaitlyn McGrath
Period 2
2/10/21

Marie M. Daly was the first Black American woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry. Marie adopted a love for science as she grew up reading a lot about scientists and their achievements. After she graduated with a Mater's degree from New York University, she obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry at Columbia University in just three years. Marie conducted rats studies where she studied their cholesterol levels, blood pressure and damaged arteries. Through her studies she made a groundbreaking discovery; that there is a correlation between high blood pressure and having high cholesterol levels in the blood. Her discovery served as a foundation for future research into high blood pressure related diseases, such as the causes of atherosclerosis. She also characterized histones in DNA and her work of isolating various histones from animals contributed to our basic understanding of histones and the organization of our DNA. Beyond her science achievements, Marie made improvements in her community. In honor of her father who could not finish college, she started a scholarship fund at Queens College to assist minority student in majoring sciences.
From researching about Marie M. Daly, she has shown me that even though there could be many hurdles and biases in your life that seem out of your control, you are able to over come them and achieve your dreams and impact the world.

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Marley Brennan
Period 2
2/10/21

Marie Maynard Daly conducted experiments on cholesterol, proteins, and sugars. She did so by earning her Ph.D in chemistry. To be more specific, she was the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D in chemistry in the United States. In the later years of her career she created programs to escalate the number of minorities within graduate programs involving science, and medical schools. Her achievements across the nation influenced many women in various ways. Marie Maynard Daly proved that it was possible to break through the system and become whoever you want to be and do whatever you want to do with your life. Marie Maynard Daly was a hardworking, passion-driven, and successful woman who I strive to be like. In my life not only do I wish to be successful, but also to find my passion and not let anybody stop me from reaching my goals.

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Markolf, Emma
Period 1
2/10/21

Angie Turner king was one of the first African American women to get a degree in chemistry and math. She was also a well known chemistry and math educator. She has impacted my life by paving the way for women in STEM and proving to many that she was capable of more than they could imagine. Angie Turner King was a trail blazer and deserves more recognition for the impact she has had on all the generations that follow her.

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Alison Kokorowski

She was the first African-American woman to receive a doctorate in zoology. She conducted research at the prestigious Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. She has impacted me by being yet another role model of a woman who worked hard to get where she is and fight against sexism.

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Bradley, Jack
Period 5
2/10/21

Marie Maynard Daly was an American biochemist. She made breakthroughs in the medical field. Some of which include finding the cause of heart attacks, researching the effects of smoking on the lungs, and the way proteins are constructed in the cells. She was the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in chemistry.

She also opened the doors for other minority scientists. She helped many students get into medical school. I have had a couple of relatives die of smoking related illnesses, so I am thankful of the awareness she brought about by studying it.

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Carley Kubler
Period 4
2-10-20

Marie Maynard Daly was the first African-American woman in history to get a degree as a doctor. Just 74 years ago this brave woman paved the way for so many women of color to come. Daly researched the affects of cholesterol on the heart along with many other things including how proteins are produced. She earned her PhD at Columbia. She has had a large impact on me because as a woman in science she broke down the barriers and provided the ability for me to enter the science field.

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Abigail Ostrick

Period 0

02/10/21

Charles Richard Drew also known as the “Father of the Blood Bank” was a surgeon and discovered a method to store blood plasma long-term. Charles discovered this method during World War II. This method became the standardized procedure for long-term blood storage by the American Red Cross. Charles’s discovery was able to save thousands of lives. His discovery will impact me in the future because I would like to become a surgeon when I grow up. For this reason, I will most likely need to use the blood donated from other people that was stored by Charles’s method.

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Ortiz, Giovanna
Period 0
2/10/21

Marie Maynard Daly was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D in chemistry which she earned in Columbia University in 1947. After receiving her Ph.D., she was a teacher at Howard University for two years. Not only was she a teacher, but she began her research on composition and metabolism of components in the cell nucleus. Later on, she developed programs to increase the number of minorities in medical schools and graduate science programs. In commemoration of her father, she established a scholarship fund at Queens College for African Americans. One of her studies that she looked in to was understanding the causes of atherosclerosis. She found there was a big correlation between the high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels in blood which was groundbreaking at that time. This served as the foundation for future research. To add on, she also worked with proteins where she worked on characterizing histones. Her work in proteins later contributed to our basic understanding of histones and the organization of our DNA. How she has impacted me today is that she was a very hardworking and passionate woman who pushed forward to success. She teaches me to keep hold of my passions and to not let anyone stop me from moving forward with them and reaching my dreams and goals.

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Alma Levant Hayden was the first African American to work at the Agency when she moved into the FDA for ensuring drug safety. In 1963, Hayden became Chief of the Spectrophotometer Research Branch in the Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. She made many discoveries about alternative cancer treatment. She exposed Krebiozen, which had no impact on the cancer in animals.

I chose Alma Levant Hayden because I am interested in the medical field. She worked hard to overcome discriminations that she faced. She inspires me to believe in myself and my abilities in a male-dominated field. She also helped many people, which I hope to do one day aswell

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Pool, Hudson
Period 1
2/10/21

St. Elmo Brady was an African American chemist who was the first black Ph.D. recipient in the United States. He only taught at primarily African American colleges, but left behind a legacy that has impacted many people and aspiring scientists. At the University of Illinois, Brady was the first black chemist admitted into the university's chemical honor society. He was also the first African American scientist to be inducted into the science honorary society at Illinois. Brady's research has not impacted me, but has impacted the community around me, because he lead the way for African American scientists, and allowed people of all races to become associated with advanced scientific research.

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Jenna Leopard
Period 0
2/10/21

Alma Levant Hayden started her career as a chemist in the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases at the NIH. She the moved on to be the Chief of the Spectrophotometer Research Branch in the Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry where she led her students in a project that would eventually expose the anti-cancer drug called Krebiozen that was being marked as a cure for cancer. Alma and her students proved that the Krebiozen drug was not a cure for cancer but rather mineral oil and creatine that would not cure cancer. Alma Levant Hayden inspires me because she was one of the first women of color to work at the FDA and when she was there she did not just follow, she lead. I find it so inspiring that she had a dream of what she wanted to do in life that she worked hard for that eventually became true. The fact that she lead a group of scientists as one of the first people of color in the FDA makes me feel inspired to pursue my dreams.

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Marie Maynard Daly was an American biochemist who conducted studies about cholesterol, sugars, and proteins. She was the first African-American woman in the United States to earn a PhD in chemistry and helped increase the enrollment of minority students in medical school. Her work got cited in 1953 by Crick and Watson as a major contribution during their acceptance of the Nobel Prize. She researched the relationship between diet and the circulatory and cardiac system. She also established a scholarship fund at Queens College for African Americans in honor of her father. Being part of a minority group myself I am really glad I get to research about someone who pushed for minorities to be in the medical field.

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Green, Ashlyn
Period 1
2/10/2021

Growing up in Greenville, South Carolina, Alma Levant Hayden graduated from South Carolina State College and gained a master’s degree in chemistry from Howard University. Hayden joined the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases where she would spray reagents on liquids dropped onto paper to detect precursors to steroids. Later, she moved to the FDA, where she was the first person of color to be employed at the Agency. Throughout the early 60s,  the FDA began to play more and more of a role in drug safety. This being said, they were eager to identify the ingredients in Krebiozen, a controversial and expensive cancer treatment drug. Hayden began to look at whether spectrometer images of Krebiozen matched any of the files in the FDA when she finally came across its match in the C’s. This means it was a common substance called creatine and had no impact on cancer in animals. Spectrophotometry and crystallography studies were conducted independently by three teams and Hayden later filed testimony against the promoters of Krebiozen.

Impact on Me:

This impacted me because my grandmother had to face cancer herself and, without Hayden’s dedicated research, we could have given her medicines that are far from ideal in helping her case. Hayden did not only helped me, but helped everyone who faced cancer or knows someone who is facing cancer, and we do not give her enough credit.

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Shivana Parekh
Period 0
2/10/21

Mary Maynard Daly is best known for being the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D in chemistry. She conducted important studies on cholesterol, sugars, and proteins. She also helped increase the number of young kids who got into medical school and graduated science programs. Mary Daly's research impacted me because she proved that it is possible to follow your dreams as long as you work hard for it.

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Alma Levant Hayden was an American chemist, and one of the first African-American women to gain a scientist position at a science agency in Washington, D.C. She joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the 1950s.
Alma inspires me becasue she works on cancer research and ever since I heard the word cancer, I wanted to study it more for my grandparents and friends who have cancer now.

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Dario Garrett
Period 4
2/11/21

King specialized in math and chemistry, and was one of the first woman to gain a degree in the fields. She had dedicated her life to teaching these subjects to other students. In World War 2 she had taught soldiers in the specialized army training program under WVSC. She had taught many African American students who would later contribute to World War 2. She has impacted my life for all the effort she had put into teaching, and being one of the first to cross the color barrier.

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George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist. He created alternative crops to cotton and ways to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century. He was also a chemist and a teacher.

He inspires me because he thought out of the box to solve problems that were necessary for survival. I want to be able to learn from his creativity and thoughtfulness

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Zaric, Luka
Period 5
2/10/21

Marie Maynard Daly was the first black woman to recieve a PhD in chemistry. She achieved this by making many breakthroughs, some of which were finding the cause of heart attacks, researching the effects of smoking on the lungs, and the way proteins are constructed in the cells. By being the first to receive a Phd, she enabled many others to follow her path.

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Angie was one of the first African American women to get a degree in math and science ever. Soon after getting a degree went on to become many things such as a chemist, mathematician, and educator. After this she went on to inspire many more african american women to do just as she had done. She was a complete inspiration to the world of science.

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Lloyd Hall made a great discovery when he found out that food could be preserved through salt. I connect to this because I really like food, and I appreciate him for that discovery.

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George Washington Carver was an agricultural scientist. He made many inventions using peanuts, sweet potatoes and soy beans. Contrary to popular belief, he did not invent peanut butter.

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George Washington Carver was an agricultural scientist. He made many inventions using peanuts, sweet potatoes and soy beans. Contrary to popular belief, he did not invent peanut butter.

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Sean Alliegro

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Alma Levant Hayden was an American chemist who worked at the Food and Drug Administration. She was given the task to test a new "cure for cancer" called Krebiozen. Alma Levant Hayden studied the sample and realized that the substance was actually creatine, which is an amino acid that is derived from meat, and is sufficient for a human with a regular diet. She died in 1967, however she left behind a very important study.

I chose to research Alma Levant Hayden because she was able to inform a large group of people, who had been given misinformation and false hope. While being, possibly looked down upon due to her race, she was still able to use her knowledge in the field to come up with a thoughtful and necessary conclusion for all those who thought they had been cured from a serious illness.

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Ethan Hott

Charles Richard Drew was an surgeon and medical researcher that pioneered blood transfusion and improved techniques for blood storage. He also pioneered large scale blood banks to help the war effort in WWII.
This has effected me uncle needed a new kidney and my mother donated one to him. And without proper blood transfusion both of them would have had a chance of dying.

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Owen Flynn
One of George Washington Carver's greatest achievements was developing more than 300 food products from his peanut farming. This affects me because everyday I eat one of those peanut products that he helped create.

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She was the first African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in Zoology. Young also studied biology and marine biology. Now, there is a Roger Arliner Young (RAY) Marine Conservation Diversity Fellowship group to help kids that want to study marine biology. She has an impact on me because she is such an independent woman and it is inspiring.
Skylar Maycon

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Yasmin Fayzano
Period 4

Angie was an American chemist, mathematician, and educator. She was an instructor of chemistry and mathematics at West Virginia State High School, and a professor of chemistry and mathematics at West Virginia State College in Institute. Angie dedicated her life  teaching and mentoring students about science. During World War II, Angie taught soldiers in the Army Specialized Training Program at WVSC. One of her greatest achievements was when she earned an MS degree in chemistry from Cornell University under the direction of Professor Thomas R. Briggs. Angie created a title of her thesis which was “Interactions Between Solutions of Tannic Acid and Hydrous Ferric Oxide.” I am fascinated by Angies dedication to her work while also caring deeply for her students and making sure they get the education they deserve.

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Brooke Liger
Period 2
2/10/21

Marie Maynard Daly was the first African American woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry. She received this doctoral degree in 1947 from Columbia university.

This impacts me because she is an inspiration to be the very first African American woman to earn such a big achievement. I will be taking chemistry in my later years of high school and it is amazing to learn how far she went in her career and how smart she was.