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Ellen Swallow Richards, American chemist and founder of the home economics movement in the United States. She was the first president (1908–10) of the American Home Economics Association, and she wrote several books on the topic.
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Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (née Swallow; December 3, 1842 – March 30, 1911) was an American industrial and safety engineer, environmental chemist, and university faculty member in the United States during the 19th century.
Jan 26, 2011 · Ellen Swallow Richards, MIT’s first female graduate and faculty member, opened the door for women in science, and founded ecology and home economics along the way. Morgan Bettex, MIT News Office. Publication Date.
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Existence:1842 December 3 - 1911 October 30Usage:1875 (Not Before)Usage:1842 - 1875Usage:1875 (Not Before)Ellen Swallow Richards (1842 – 1911), was an American environmental chemist considered to be the pioneer of home economics.1 She also was the first woman admitted to MIT where she graduated with a BS in 1873. She was the Institute’s first female instructor, as well as the first American woman to earn a degree in chemistry.4 Specializing in sanitary...
Ellen Swallow Richards was a brilliant and prolific MIT-trained chemist who fought for healthier homes and communities through the home economics movement.
Apr 14, 2005 · Robert Richards, a member of the first class at M.I.T., was a pioneer in modern metallurgy and had the perspicacity to admit science to the domestic scene. He and Nellie, as he called her, made a remarkable team. Ellen was born in Dunstable, Massachusetts, in the hills near the New Hampshire border.
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When she was invited to give a talk on home management in 1898, she took the chance to turn her ideas into a movement. Richards was invited by Annie G. Dewey (1850–1922) and Melvil Dewey (1851–1931) to the Lake Placid Club, a resort they had founded in upstate New York, just across Lake Mirror.
