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Marie Maynard Daly Research Paper

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Marie Maynard Daly was born on April 16, 1921, in Queens, New York. She was the oldest child of Helen Page Daly and Ivan C. Daly. Her two brothers were fraternal twins. Her father, Ivan C. Daly, emigrated from the West Indies when he was young and tried to go to Cornwell University to study science and chemistry but failed to continue due to lack of money. Her mother, Helen P. Daly, worked as a homemaker and designer. Marie M. Daly came from a family who very strongly believed in good education and supported her scientific research. She enrolled in Queen’s College in order to live at home. She completed her master’s degree in 1943. There was a shortage of male scientists in World War 2, and because of it Daly was awarded funding for her Ph.D

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