Ruth Ella Moore (nonfiction)

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Ruth Ella Moore.

Ruth Ella Moore (May 19, 1903 in Columbus, Ohio – 1994) was a bacteriologist, who in 1933 became the first African-American woman to gain a PhD in a natural science.

She was a professor and head of the Department of Bacteriology at Howard University, publishing work on tuberculosis, immunology and dental caries, the response of gut microorganisms to antibiotics, and the blood type of African-Americans.

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