Oral history interview transcript, 2001.

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Oral history interview transcript, 2001.

This collection contains printed material, a vita, and the interview transcript. The interview focuses on the following topical areas: Dr. Blumenfeld's family and their emigration from Poland to France in 1939, her early education in France, graduate education in the U.S., her marriage and early career, research projects, her family, networking with other biochemists, becoming an American citizen, committee work for the National Institutes of Health, her combining of technology with research, and the impact of the women's movement.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7668005

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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