She was an American biochemist, the first African American woman in the United States to earn a doctorate - Ph.D. - in Chemistry (Columbia University, 1947).
Hello, I am Marie Maynard Daly, I was born on April 16, 1921 in Corona, New York, United States
Marie graduated in 1942 in Chemistry as a Queens College Scholar, one of the top 2.5% of the graduating class
Daly made major contributions in four areas of research: histone chemistry, protein synthesis, the relationships between cholesterol and hypertension, and the uptake of creatine by muscle cells.
She joined the graduate school at New York University, while also working as a laboratory assistant in the chemistry department at Queens.