Marilyn Hughes Gaston was born in 1939 and first studied zoology at Miami University and then began her medical path by graduating from medical school at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1960 to pursue her path in pediatric medicine, but started practicing medicine in Lincoln Heights, Ohio. She was the only women of six and the only African American in her graduation class. Growing up it was difficult for her to achieve her aspirations of becoming a doctor, because she came from a poor family and was always faced with the fact that she was black. However, Gaston never let the fact that she was black, poor, and a woman keep her from following her dreams. She is most famous for her work, studying Sickle Cell Disease (SCD).
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