Marie Maynard Daly was the first African American woman in America to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry. She received her doctorate degree from Columbia University in 1947. In 1988, she established a scholarship for African American chemistry and physics majors at Queens College in New York.
Black History Fact Of The Day: Marie Maynard Daly
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