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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Hoboken, New Jersey
Wiley
2014
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Ellencyclopedia
- Westford ho
- Faith in her star
- Setting sights
- Women studying together
- No wasted minutes
- She will not fail
- Uncharted ground
- Water water everywhere!
- Cupid pops into the laboratory
- Applied scientists at work
- The women's laboratory
- Long distance learning
- MIT's first woman instructor
- Pioneer for public health
- Under water again
- Environmental activist
- Ever on the go
- Health food kitchens
- Healthier school lunches sharper minds
- Launching a new movement
- At work to the end