Gerty Cori

thumb|Gerty Cori Gerty Cori (born August 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957) is a Bohemian-Austrian and American biochemist who in 1947 was the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for her role in the "discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen" Cori was born in Prague, the capital of Bohemia within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Growing up at a time when women were marginalized and allowed few educational opportunities, she gained admittance to medical school, where she met her future husband Carl Ferdinand Cori in an anatomy class. Quotes I believe the benefits of two civilizations – a European education followed by the freedom and opportunities of this country – have been essential to whatever contributions I have been able to make to science. On Noble Prize Stories of Women who changed science External links Gerty Theresa Cori.jpg Category:1896 births Category:1957 deaths Category:Biochemists Category:Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine Category:Nobel laureates from the United States Category:Nobel laureates from Austria Category:Women Nobel laureates Category:Jews from the United States Category:Immigrants to the United States Category:Roman Catholics