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Marie Maynard Daly Quotes

1921–2003 United States

Marie Maynard Daly (April 16, 1921 – October 28, 2003) was an American biochemist. She was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. from Columbia University and the first African-American woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry.

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Courage is like — it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: you get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.

Rockefeller, where she worked for seven years, was an “awesome and inspiring” place to be.

In those days, it was common for a woman to be addressed as ‘Miss’ even though she had earned a Ph.D. degree.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Marie Maynard Daly (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.