Margaret Dorothy Foster (1895-1970), US chemist. In 1918 Foster was the first female chemist to work for the United States Geological Survey. In 1942

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Margaret Dorothy Foster (1895-1970), US chemist. In 1918 Foster was the first female chemist to work for the United States Geological Survey. In 1942 she was recruited to work on the Manhattan Project, the World War II research and development undertaking that produced the first nuclear weapons.

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