Margaret Floy was born in New York City, New York back in 1871 to Francis and Elizabeth. She was the only child so to pass time she read, long before she started school. In school, she learned French and German. In 1886, she graduated from high school at 15. She entered Vassar College in Poughkeepsie graduating in 1891. She continued her education at Cornell, however during that time Cornell hadn’t acknowledged the admission of females, so she earned her Master’s degree from Vassar. After graduation, she went to work for Wells College in Aurora, New York. She stayed there 6 years before moving to Cornell working in the laboratories. In 1903, she returned to Vassar where she remained for the rest of her life. She suffered a stroke in 1937, never fully recovering she died in 1939, she w...
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