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Gertrude Theresa Radnitz Cori

Gertrude Theresa Radnitz Cori. “Gerty”. August 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957. First American Woman to Receive a Nobel Prize in Science . Gerty’s Early Life and Education. Born August 15, 1896 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Oldest of three daughters to Otto and Martha Radnitz.

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Gertrude Theresa Radnitz Cori

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  1. Gertrude Theresa Radnitz Cori “Gerty” August 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957 First American Woman to Receive a Nobel Prize in Science

  2. Gerty’s Early Life and Education • Born August 15, 1896 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. • Oldest of three daughters to Otto and Martha Radnitz. • Tutored at home until the age of ten, 1906, when she was sent to a girls’ finishing school. • Her uncle, a professor of pediatrics at the University, encouraged her to go into medicine. • 1914 entered Carl Ferdinand University, a German branch of the medical school, in Prague. • 1920 received her medical degree. • Married Carl Ferdinand Cori, a fellow graduate in medicine, on August 5, 1920.

  3. University Involvement and Careers • 1920 moved to Vienna where Gerty worked at the Karolinen Children’s Hospital where she did research. • 1922 Carl took a job and Gerty followed six months later to work with her husband at the New York State Institute for the Study of Malignant Diseases in Buffalo, New York. • 1928 they became United States citizens. • 1931 moved to St. Louis, Missouri to work at Washington University School of Medicine. • 1936 had their only child, Carl Thomas. • 1944 promoted to position of associate professor and was given tenure. • Gerty did research there until 1947 when she became a full professor of Biochemistry.

  4. Accomplishments and Awards • 1947 Gerty, Carl, and Dr. B.A. Houssay were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine, making Gerty the first American woman and the third woman ever to receive the Nobel Prize in science, they were also the first husband and wife team to win. • Awarded the Midwest Award, Garvan Medal, St. Louis Award, Sugar Research Prize, and the Borden Award. • 1952 appointed to the National Science Foundation by President Truman. • Awarded five honorary doctorates. • In 1947 she was diagnosed with a fatal type of anemia, but she continued to work up until her death from kidney failure on October 26, 1957, in St. Louis Missouri.

  5. Sources • Brody, Seymour. “Gerty Thersea Radnitz Cori.” Jewish Virtual Library. www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/cori • “Cori, Gerty Theresa Radnitz.” http://search.eb.com/women/articles/Cori_Gerty_Theresa_Radnitz.html • “Gertrude ‘Gerty’ Cori.” www.ceemast.csupomona.edu/nova/cori • “Gerty Theresa Cori.” www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1947/cori-gt-bio • Light, Jennifer. “Gerty Cori.” Notable Women in the Physical Sciences. ed. Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer. Greenwood Press: Connecticut, 1997. 57-62.

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