Louise Slaughter #ALD19 @findingada

Louise Slaughter was a member of Congress and microbiologist who fought for science and gender equality.

From Massive Science:

Slaughter co-sponsored the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, which mandated the inclusion of women and minorities in all federal health clinical trials. This led to the establishment of the Office of Research on Women’s Health at NIH in 1990.

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