The remarkable life and career of Ellen Swallow Richards pioneer in science and technology

This biography highlights the achievements of America's first professional degreed female scientist, Ellen Swallow Richards (1842--1911). The book takes the reader from Richards's childhood on a Massachusetts farm where she was schooled at home, to her internationally renowned successes in...

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Main Author: Swallow, Pamela Curtis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey Wiley 2014
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