Ruth Smith Lloyd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1917
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Date of Death: 05-Feb-1995
Profession: anatomist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Ruth Smith Lloyd
- Ruth Smith Lloyd (January 17, 1917 – February 5, 1995) was a 20th-century scientist whose research focused on fertility, the relationship of sex hormones to growth, and the female sex cycle.
- She earned a PhD in the field of anatomy from Western Reserve University in 1941, making her the first African-American woman to have reached this achievement.
- Lloyd worked on the faculty of medicine at Howard University from 1942 to 1977.
- She married physician Sterling Morrison Lloyd in 1939, and they had three children: Marilyn, Sterling and David.
- She died of cancer in 1995.
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