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Ruth P. Rhoades

Associate BiologistChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/StaffWoman Scientist
Sketch of Chicago Pile-1 by Melvin A. Miller

Ruth Rhoades was an associate biologist at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.

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