Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), who earned her Masters Degree from the New York University Department of Chemistry in 1943, became the first African American Woman to earn a Ph.D in Chemistry (from Columbia University). The important scientific contributions she made to the study of cardiovascular disease are highlighted in an essay in UNDARK: Truth, Beauty, Science, a magazine that "explores science at the point where it intersects — and sometimes collides — with politics, economics and culture." Click here to read the article about Daly's remarkable life and accomplishments.