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Eleanor Mclintock was born, a few months later her parents changed her name to Barbara beacause they thought it sounded stronger.
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Barbara graduates from Erasmus Highschool, and then enrolls at Cornell University.
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She becomes a fellow member of the National Research Council. Proves that certian chromosomal anomalies that the community has long suspected actully do exist.
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She was elected Vice President of the Genetics Society of Amercia. (founded in 1931)
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Barbara researched with Cornell Corn Group to study genetics.
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She was elected third female member of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Barbara was elected Presedent of the Genetics Society of Amercia.
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Barbara recivethe National Medel of Science from President Richard M. Nixon.
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Withen two months, Barbara became the first recipient of a MacArthur Foundation grant and recevies Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and Wolf Prize in Medicine.
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Barbara McClintock died September 2, 1992. Which was coincidentally her birthday.
