Hidden Figures: Marie Maynard Daly #BlackHERstoryMonth 27/28 (Patreon)

Hidden Figures: Marie Maynard Daly #BlackHERstoryMonth 27/28

Marie Maynard Daly (April 16, 1921 – October 28, 2003) is the first African American woman to receive a doctoral degree — earning it from Columbia University in 1947, for chemistry. Prior to that, she attended Queens College in Flushing, New York, where she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry. After receiving her Ph.D., she held an instructor position at Howard University for two years and began research on the composition and metabolism of components in the cell nucleus. Later in her career, Daly developed programs to increase the number of minorities in medical schools and graduate science programs. In 1988, she established a scholarship fund at Queens College for African Americans in commemoration of her father. After Daly graduated from Hunter College High School, a laboratory high school for girls run by Hunter College faculty, she enrolled in Queens College in Flushing, New York. She lived at home to save money and graduated from Queens College with her bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1942. Labor shortages and the need for scientists to support the war effort enabled Daly to garner fellowships to study at New York University and Columbia University for her master’s and Ph.D. degrees, respectively. Daly worked as a laboratory assistant at Queens College while studying at New York University for her master's degree in chemistry, which she completed in 1943. She then became a chemistry tutor at Queens College and enrolled in the doctoral program at Columbia University. Daly worked as a physical science instructor at Howard University, from 1947 to 1948 while simultaneously conducting research under the direction of Herman Branson. After being awarded an American Cancer Society grant to support her postdoctoral research, she joined Dr. A. E. Mirsky at the Rockefeller Institute, where they studied the cell nucleus. While at the Rockefeller Institute, Daly was able to measure how protein metabolism changed under feeding and fasting conditions in mice. Daly began working in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in 1955. In collaboration with Dr. Quentin B. Deming, she studied the effects that aging, hypertension and atherosclerosis had on the metabolism of arterial wall. She continued this work as an assistant professor of biochemistry and of medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University, where she and Deming moved in 1960. Daly also served as an investigator for the American Heart Association; she was especially interested in how hypertension affects the circulatory system. While teaching at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, she continued research on arteries and the effects of cigarette smoke on the lungs. She was designated as a career scientist by the Health Research Council of the City of New York. She retired in 1986 from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and in 1988 established a scholarship for African American chemistry and physics majors at Queens College in memory of her father. Daly died in New York City on October 28, 2003. #MarieMaynardDaly #HiddenFigures ****************** Merchandise! MAKE SURE U GETTA SHIRT!! https://www.teepublic.com/user/sssseren Follow me on social media! Twitter: @seren_sensei Instagram: @sensei_aishitemasu Personal Tumblr: http://sensei-aishitemasu.tumblr.com Tumblr for my work: https://sssseren.tumblr.com Snapchat: sssseren GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/tc5wh7q Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seren_sensei ****************** Did you know I wrote a book? ☺️ 'So, About That... A Year of Contemporary Essays on Race and Pop Culture' Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/About-That-Contemporary-Essays-Culture-ebook/dp/B013V0CHK6 Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013V0CHK6 Digital download (e-book): https://gumroad.com/l/IkUa ****************** Links: 'Unsung - Marie Maynard Daly:' https://undark.org/article/unsung-marie-maynard-daly-women-stem/ 'Marie Maynard Daly:' https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/marie-maynard-daly 'African Americans In The Chemical Sciences - Marie Maynard Daly: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/african-americans-in-sciences/marie-maynard-daly.html 'Marie M. Daly, Biochemist Born:' https://aaregistry.org/story/marie-m-daly-biochemist-born/ 'Marie Maynard Daly was the first African American woman to be awarded a PhD in chemistry in the USA:' http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/dr-marie-maynard-daly Marie M. Daly: https://www.biography.com/people/marie-m-daly-604034 Marie Maynard Daly: https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/marie-maynard-daly Clark, Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003): http://www.blackpast.org/aah/clark-marie-maynard-daly-1921-2003 Marie Maynard Daly (1921 - 2003): http://www.african-american-scientists.com/bios/marie-maynard-daly.html Marie Maynard Daly (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Maynard_Daly