Florence Barbara Seibert
Personal Information
Born: 1897
Died: 1991
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
Goucher College AB Chemistry & Zoology 1918; Yale University PhD Biochemistry 1923
Professional Life
Field of Study: Biochemistry
Institution/Corporation: University of Pennsylvania Henry Phipps Institute; Mound Park Hospital (now Bayfront Medical Center); Bay Pines V.A. Research Center; University of Chicago
Degrees & Memberships: Holds 5 Honorary Degrees; Member: Phi Beta Kappa
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1990 National Women's Hall of Fame; 1942 Francis P. Garvan Medal American Chemical Society; 1937-1938 Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Science; 1924 Howard Taylor Rickets Prize University of Chicago; 1938 Trudeau Medal National Tuberculosis Association; 1943 American Association of University Women Achievement Award; 1986 Florida Women's Hall of Fame; 1921-1922 Van Meter Fellow; 1922-1923 American Physiological Society Porter Fellow; 1962 John Elliot Memorial Award American Association of Blood Banks; 1944 National Achievement Award; 1946 Gimbel Philadelphia Award
Achievements: "Studied the etiology of cancer; autobiography ""Pebbles on the Hill of a Scientist"""
Identified the active agent in antigen tuberculin as a protein, subsequently isolating a pure form of tuberculin (PPD) enabling the development of a reliable TB test
Helped improve the safety of IV shots
Had to wear leg braces & walked with a limp throughout her life because she had polio at age 3
1927, younger sister Mabel moved to Chicago to live with her; was her secretary & research assistant 1943, received the 1st Achievement Award from the American Association of University Women