Barbra Mcclintock Research Paper

Barbra McClintock was born June 16, 1902, in Hartford, Connecticut (Editors). The third of four children born to physician Thomas McClintock and wife Sarah, McClintock was christened Eleanor, though her parents soon began to call her Barbra believing the nickname better suited her pragmatic demeanor (“Barbra McClintock”). Barbra demonstrated an interest in science from a young age, perhaps influenced by her father’s profession (Editors). At the age of seventeen, she graduated from high school and enrolled at Cornell University, despite her mother’s aversion to the idea (“Barbra McClintock”). At Cornell, McClintock participated in the only genetics course open to undergraduate students; the next year her professor had her enrolled in the graduate level course (“Barbra McClintock – Biographical”). In 1923, McClintock received her Bachelor’s of Science, and two years later she earned her Master’s degree. In 1927, McClintock received her Ph.D. in botany (Editors). Both her Master’s and her Ph.D. had a focus on plant genetics, the subject McClintock would eventually dedicate her life to (“Barbra McClintock”). In her studies plant …show more content…
In 1939, she became the vice president of the Genetics Society of America, and in 1944, the president (Editors). That same year, she became the third woman voted to America’s National Academy of Sciences. Twenty seven years later, President Nixon awarded McClintock the National Medal of Science, but it was not until 1983 that McClintock received her grandest honor (“Barbra McClintock.”) At 81 years old, Barbra McClintock was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, becoming the first ever sole woman winner (Editors; “Barbra McClintock”). Nine years later, on September 2, 1992, McClintock passed away of natural causes. She is buried in Huntington Rural Cemetery, in New York. However, Barbra’s legacy