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Leona Harriet Woods Marshall Libby

1919 - 1986

Personal Information

Born: 1919

Died: 1986

"She was the only woman present when the reactor went critical, asking Fermi "When do we become scared?""

— Leona Harriet Woods Marshall Libby

Professional Life

American physicist on the Manhattan Project; part of the team that constructed 1st nuclear chain reaction (The Chicago Pile) & was present when the reactor went critical

Physics, nuclear

Member of the team which built and experimented with the Chicago Pile-1, nuclear reactor for Manhattan Project

At age 23, Woods was a member of the team which built and experimented with the world's first nuclear reactor (then call...