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Birth
Born in Chicago, Illinois -
Period: to
World War 2
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Period: to
Cold War
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Period: to
Korean War
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Graduated From Univercity of Chicago
undergraduate degree in A.B. in Liberal Arts -
Got Married
married the famous astronomer Carl Sagan -
Graduated From University of Wisconsin
She received her M. S. degree in genetics and zoology -
Graduated From University of California, Berkeley
Received her Ph.D. in Genetics -
Divorce
Carl Sagan -
took a position in the Biology Department at Boston University
Where she was working when she did her pioneering work on cellular evolution and the endosymbiotic theory. -
Wrote her first article on the endosymbiotic theory
Where she stated eukaryotic cells evolved through a series of symbiotic partnerships -
Published
published her argument in The Origin of Eukaryotic Cells -
Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
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Awarded the the Darwin-Wallace Medal of the Linnean Society of London
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Died
died of a hemorrhagic stroke
