Isabella L. Karle, chemist DEAD @ 95

She helped reveal the structure of molecules in the 1950's.  Isabella L. Karle, a crystallographer, so received the National Medal of Science in 1995 among other major honors in her field. 

Dr. Karle’s career required her to overcome the discouragement of a teacher who once told her on the impropriety of chemistry as a topic of study for young women.


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