Brooks, Matilda M. (1888–1981)
Brooks, Matilda M. (1888–1981)
American scientist. Name variations: Matilda Moldenhauer Brooks. Born Matilda Moldenhauer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, possibly Oct 16, 1888; died possibly 1981 in San Francisco, California; dau. of Rudolph and Selma (Neuffer) Moldenhauer; University of Pittsburgh, BA and MA; Harvard University, PhD, 1920; m. Sumner Cushing Brooks (zoologist), 1917 (died 1948).
Biologist who discovered an antidote for cyanide and carbon monoxide poisoning, worked as a biologist for US Public Health Service before her appointment as a research biologist at the University of California, where her husband was also employed.
See also Women in World History.
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