Meroë Morse graduated Smith College. Art history degree. No chemistry. No engineering. Joined Polaroid. Age 23. Edwin Land hired her. Competitors wouldn't hire women with liberal arts degrees. Morse worked instant photography. Ran lab around clock. Thousands experiments. 1948: laboratory supervisor. Challenge: true black-and-white film. Two years testing formulations. Art history trained her eye for tonal quality. Years studying Renaissance sculpture. 1950: Type 41 film. Exceptional. Took chemistry at Harvard, MIT while working. Self-taught. Worked with Ansel Adams. Created Artist Support Program. 18 patents. 1966: director research. Fortune: Land's closest associate. 1968: Smith Medal. First woman Fellow Photographic Scientists. 1969: died cancer, 46. Art major revolutionized photography.
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