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Dr. Margaret Pittman (1901–1995) was a bacteriologist at the Division of Biologics Standards at the U.S. National Institutes of Health whose work on pertussis led to the development of an improved vaccination against whooping cough. Pittman was also the first female to lead a National Institute of Health laboratory, She was appointed Chief of this laboratory in 1958.
Dr. Pittman attended Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas for her undergraduate studies. In 1923 she graduated at the top of her class with a BA in biology and mathematics and started teaching at Galloway College in Searcy, Arkansas. She then went to the University of Chicago and in 1926 received a Master's degree in bacteriology and then went on to earn her Ph.D. in 1929.
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