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The Remarkable Life and Career of Ellen Swallow Richards: Pioneer in Science and Technology

The Remarkable Life and Career of Ellen Swallow Richards: Pioneer in Science and Technology

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  • Condition Note: minor tear on the cover edge, no pen/pencil marks.

 

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This biography highlights the achievements of America's firstprofessional degreed female scientist, Ellen Swallow Richards(1842--1911). The book takes the reader from Richards's childhoodon a Massachusetts farm where she was schooled at home, to herinternationally renowned successes in multiple branches ofscience. • Schools, colleges, and libraries are searching formore books about remarkable, successful women. Richards paved theway for women to enter numerous fields of science previouslybelieved to be the domain of men.
• Currently there is much emphasis on nutrition;Richards pioneered in this field, teaching the American publicabout fats, carbohydrates, proteins and calories at a time whenscarcely anyone knew of their importance.
• Ellen Swallow Richards pioneered multiple fields ofscience and technology, opening doors for women to become chemists,biologists, geologists, ecologists, nutritionists, dietitians,science teachers, professors, and home economists.
• Richards began the ecology movement, particularlyrelevant in today's world as more and more attention is being paidto the health of our planet.

 

  • Author: Pamela Curtis Swallow
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • Language: English
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9781118923832

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