Gertrude B. Elion

428 Words1 Page

Gertrude B. Elion

Gertrude Elion was a very influential and prominent women in the development of various drugs that aided in fighting diseases such as leukemia and AIDS. She was born in New York City and was the child of immigrants. Before the death of her grandpa, whom she was very close to, she had little to no interest in the medicine and or science. However, after her grandpa died of leukemia, she decided that “no one deserves to suffer that much”. She went on to attend Hunter College and obtained her bachelor’s degree in chemistry at the age of 19. At first getting into laboratories to start work was proven fairly difficult, as there was a stigma against women in chemistry field. She started off as a non paid lab assistant

More about Gertrude B. Elion

Open Document