Ellen H. Richards
Born December 3, 1842Dunstable, Massachusetts
Died March 30, 1911Boston, Massachusetts
Chemist, educator, and founder of the discipline of home economics
Ellen H. Richards. The L...
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Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842 – 1911) American Chemist
Ellen Swallow Richards was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and was a daughter of Peter and Fanny Swallow, who were school-teach...
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Swallow, Ellen
Ellen Swallow Richards (1842–1911) was the first female chemist in the United States and the mother of the science of ecology. As she walked to the Massachusetts Institute of Tec...
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Ellen H. Richards (1842-1911), a chemist and leader in applied science, was instrumental in creating the field of home economics and in broadening opportunities for women in science education.Contribu...
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Ellen Swallow Richards was an applied scientist, sanitary chemist, and the founder of home economics . For twenty-seven years she was employed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where...
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