He joined Merck Research Laboratories at the Rahway, NJ site in 1976, where he rose through the ranks to VP Medicinal Chemistry. He held this position from 1998-2006, guiding a research team of ~250 scientists. He retired from Merck at the end of 2006, and currently maintains a consulting practice with thirteen clients.
The ripple effect of the woman's suffrage movement on subsequent generations is evident in a range of educational, civil rights, and health care reforms, as well as in the growing number of women elected to governmental positions (Hossell 2003).
Moreover, it will highlight key events and figures involved in the suffrage movement and suggest how both supporters and opponents of suffrage focused on the ways voting rights would affect women's abilities to bring about social change. Historic Roots