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<p>Dr. Jane Wright made her mark
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in cancer research,
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developing new techniques for administering chemotherapy
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and evaluating new treatments for the disease.
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Jane Wright grew up in a wealthy
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and prestigious family in New York City.
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Her father, Dr. Louis Wright, was one of the first
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black graduates of Harvard University Medical School.
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In the late 1930s, he founded
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the Cancer Research Center at Harlem Hospital
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where Jane Wright would later do some
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of her most important medical research.
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Jane Wright grew up
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during the Harlem Renaissance.
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African American artists, musicians, writers,
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and political activists were celebrating their culture,
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and challenging America’s racial barriers.
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In a time of great aspirations,
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Jane Wright was fortunate
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to have the support and guidance of her family,
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as well as access to a fine education.
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Smith College offered her a four-year
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academic scholarship to study art.
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In her junior year, at her father’s request,
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she changed her major to pre-med.
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She enrolled on a full academic scholarship at New York Medical College
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where the majority of students were white.
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Jane Wright was elected president of the Honor Society
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and vice president of her class.
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She graduated with honors in 1945.
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Four years later she joined her father, then the Director
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of the Cancer Research Foundation at Harlem Hospital.
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Together, they experimented with different
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chemical agents on leukemia in mice.
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While her father worked in the lab,
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she performed patient trials.
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In 1949, the Wrights began treating
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patients with anti-cancer drugs.
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Several patients experienced
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some degree of remission.
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When her father died in 1952,
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Dr. Jane Wright succeeded him as director.
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In 1955, she joined the faculty
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of New York University
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as an Associate Professor of Surgical Research,
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and Director of Cancer Research.
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There, she continued her work with chemotherapy
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studying a variety of anti-cancer drugs
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and developing new techniques for delivering
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potent drugs to tumors deep within the body.
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She created a database, cross-referencing cancers and patients,
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to help determine the effectiveness of these drugs.
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Later, Dr. Wright began experimenting
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with combinations of anti-cancer drugs.
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Because she believed most cancers
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were caused by viruses,
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she investigated a new class of anti-cancer agents
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comparable to antibiotics.
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During her forty-year career, she produced more than
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seventy-five research papers on cancer chemotherapy,
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and in 1971, became the first woman elected president
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of the New York Cancer Society.</p>
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