Gerty Theresa Cori: The Better Half Of A Biochemistry Power Couple
Born in Prague in 1896, Gerty Cori (née Radnitz) was named after an Austrian warship. She was an unstoppable force in an era when educational opportunities were not available to most women—she not only sailed through her undergraduate studies but was admitted to the Karl-Ferdinands-Universität Medical School in Prague in 1914…