- Elizabeth Monroe, married Boggs (1913-1996), trained as a mathematician at Bryn Mawr, as a mathematical chemist at Cambridge, and as a theoretical chemist at Cornell, before joining the Manhattan project at the Explosives Research Laboratory. Although her contributions to the fields of computational quantum chemistry, statistical mechanics and explosives had lasting legacies, her scientific career nevertheless ended with WWII. The birth of her son, who suffered from severe developmental disabilities, prevented her from ever rejoining the research workforce. She pivoted instead to a remarkable life of public advocacy for people with disability, building on her scientific training to move research and policy forward. The publication retraces ... [Read More]
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- 16 files (643 MB)
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- Charbonneau, P. (2025). Data from: Elizabeth Monroe Boggs: From Quantum Chemistry to the Manhattan Project. Duke Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7924/r4v128x9p.
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- 10.7924/r4v128x9p
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- March 19, 2025
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- ark:/87924/r4v128x9p
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- April 9, 1986
- May 21, 2011
- October 22, 2022
- February 3, 2023
- March 3, 1979
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- Trenton, New Jersey, United States
- Woodbridge, England, United Kingdom
- Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
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- Patrick Charbonneau, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7174-0821, patrick.charbonneau@duke.edu
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- Data from: Elizabeth Monroe Boggs: From Quantum Chemistry to the Manhattan Project
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