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Science History Institute, Marie Maynard Daly

Science History Institute, scientific biography of Marie Maynard Daly (1921–2003), updated by Judith Kaplan, April 30, 2024: born in Queens, New York, on April 16, 1921; the first Black woman to receive a PhD in chemistry in the United States (1947); her 1942 Queens College yearbook profile's 'laboratory technician'; PhD at Columbia three years after enrolling; seven years at the Rockefeller Institute.

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Record: sciencehistory-marie-maynard-daly
Type: web
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Status: published

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The institute’s scientific biography, read 2026-09-23. Carries her birth date, which the ACS booklet does not.

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Creator: Science History Institute
Accessed: 2026-09-23
External record: https://www.sciencehistory.org/education/scientific-biographies/marie-maynard-daly/

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