{"id":24154,"date":"2020-11-04T12:35:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T11:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinconeducativo.org\/recursos-educativos\/margaret-foster-la-primera-quimica-en-trabajar-en-el-servicio-geologico-de-los\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T12:36:08","slug":"margaret-foster-first-woman-chemist-work-us-geological-survey","status":"publish","type":"re_recurso","link":"https:\/\/rinconeducativo.org\/en\/recursos-educativos\/margaret-foster-first-woman-chemist-work-us-geological-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Foster, the first woman chemist to work for the US Geological Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/wp2.rinconeducativo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/foster_margaret.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7363\" style=\"width:214px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>4 March 1895, Illinois, Chicago (USA) - 5 November 1970, Spring, Maryland (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Margaret Dorothy (\u2018Dot\u2019) Foster graduated from Illinois College in 1918, earned a Master of Science degree from George Washington University in 1926, and a PhD in chemistry from American University in 1936.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting in 1918, she became the first chemist to work for the US Geological Survey, developing ways to detect minerals in natural bodies of water. 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