Author: Gertrude B. Elion

Quotes

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.

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

I had no specific bent toward science until my grandfather died of cancer. I decided nobody should suffer that much.

I had no specific bent toward science until my grandfather died of cancer. I decided nobody should suffer that much.

- Gertrude B. Elion

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