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"In March 2009, in launching Women's History Month, U.S.President Barack Obama honored five "Women Taking the Lead to SaveOur Planet." His first tribute was to Ellen Swallow Richards(1842{́OCLCbr#80}?1911), who is known as the first woman accepted at ascientific institution and t…
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 s…