Natalie Zarrelli
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Whooping Cough Killed 6,000 Kids a Year Before These Ex-Teachers Created a Vaccine
After a long day in the laboratory in 1932, Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering walked out into the chilly Michigan evening with specially prepared petri dishes, called cough plates, in tow. The two scientists were on a mission to collect bacteria in the wild: one by one, they ...read more
Early 1900s Women Had an Ingenious Method for Fending Off Gropers
It was a normal, rainy Tuesday in 1912 when 18-year-old Elizabeth Foley found herself in the midst of an armed robbery. She had been walking home with a male colleague from the bank when someone came up behind them. In a flash, the robber swung his arms high and smashed her male ...read more