Blanche J. Lawrence

Blanche J. Lawrence (June 18, 1920 – February 9, 1989) was an African-American biochemist who originally began work as a research assistant in the Health Division of the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory during the Manhattan Project. After World War II, Lawrence continued her career at the Argonne National Laboratory and became a junior biochemist after four years in 1949. During this time, Lawrence was publicized in an edition of Ebony Magazine featuring "Atom Scientists". She was married to Captain Erwin Lawrence, a 99th Pursuit Squadron pilot who was killed during World War II.

Selected publications

Norris, W. P., and Lawrence, Blanche J. "Determination of Calcium in Biological Materials". Analytical Chemistry, vol. 25, no. 6, 1953, pp. 956–960., doi: 10.1021/ac60078a031.