Lucy Wills changed the face of preventive prenatal care for women everywhere.
Lucy Wills may not be a household name, yet her work continues to impact countless households around the world, with her research leading to the discovery of a key prenatal vitamin: folic acid.
Born in 1888, Wills attended the Cheltenham College for Young Ladies, which was one of the first British boarding schools to teach female students science and mathematics. The researcher suspected nutrition could be playing a role in the macrocytic anemia, which caused red blood cells to become larger than normal during pregnancy.
The extract, which was later identified as folic acid, saw the monkeys' health significantly improve. "If you didn't take folic acid supplements before getting pregnant, you should start taking them as soon as you find out you're pregnant," the NHS states on its website.
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