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Gertrude B. Elion
American
Scientist
Born:
Jan 23
,
1918
Died:
Feb 21
,
1999
Education
Family
Mother
School
Time
York
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Nobody... took me seriously. They wondered why in the world I wanted to be a chemist when no women were doing that. The world was not waiting for me.
Gertrude B. Elion
Me
Waiting
Women
World
Seriously
Took
Nobody
Chemist
Doing
Were
Wondered
Wanted
Why
I was born in New York City on a cold January night when the water pipes in our apartment froze and burst. Fortunately, my mother was in the hospital rather than at home at the time.
Gertrude B. Elion
Time
Home
Water
Mother
Cold
Our
City
Born
Rather
Hospital
New
Than
Pipes
York
New York
New York City
Burst
Apartment
January
Fortunately
Night
I had no specific bent toward science until my grandfather died of cancer. I decided nobody should suffer that much.
Gertrude B. Elion
Science
Cancer
Bent
Had
Toward
Nobody
Until
Died
Decided
Grandfather
Much
Should
Suffer
Specific
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