Carolyn Beatrice Parker’s Work on the Manhattan Project Inspired Her Birthplace Generations Later
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Carolyn Beatrice Parker, a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project's Dayton Project during World War II, made significant contributions to polonium research for early nuclear weapons. Though she died of leukemia at age 48 before completing her PhD, her legacy was honored in 2020 when an elementary school in her hometown of Gainesville, Florida was renamed after her.
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