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Ruth Ella Moore conducted research to help eradicate tuberculosis. The daughter of William and Margaret Moore received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in science from Ohio State University (1926 and 1927 respectively). She later attended Ohio State University, where she received her Ph.D. in bacteriology (1933). On graduating, Ruth Ella Moore (1903–1994) officially became the first African-American woman to earn a graduate degree in microbiology.
For her dissertation, Moore’s research focused on the bacteriology of tuberculosis. At the time, TB was a monumental health concern in the U.S. and the second leading cause of death. While the cure for TB was still over a decade away, Moore’s work contributed to the eradication of the disease. ....
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Desi Roots, Global Wings – a monthly column focused on the Indian immigrant experience. As I mark an important milestone in my scientific career, I notice that not much has changed since the time I joined the workforce making my goal of staying in the workforce sound like an achievement. Recently I completed twenty-five years as a scientist. Not surprisingly, I remembered my first day at work, eager to reap the rewards of my hard earned education that had begun in India and culminated in the US with a Ph.D. As a diligent student growing up in urban India in a family that valued education, I had pursued a science education, unaware of the challenges of being a woman in STEM. ....