Mildred Cohn

Born: July 12, 1913
Family: Henry Primakoff (spouse), Isidore Cohn (father), Bertha Klein Cohn (mother), Nina and Laura (daughters), Paul (son)
Awards/Accomplishments: Garvan–Olin Medal, Elliott Cresson Medal, and National Medal of Science
Education: Graduated high school at 14. Attended Hunter College and Columbia University. Earned a PhD in physical chemistry
Relationship Statue: Married
“My career has been affected at every stage by the fact that I am a woman, beginning with my undergraduate education…My greatest piece of luck was marrying Henry Primakoff, an excellent scientist who treated me as an intellectual equal and always assumed that I should pursue a scientific career and behaved accordingly.”