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Ellen Swallow Richards | The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (aimehq.org)

Ellen Swallow Richards and Home Economics - SciHi BlogSciHi Blog

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Ellen died on March 30th, 1911 in her home in Jamaican Plains, Massachusetts. She is still an icon for the advancement of women and the known throughout the sciences today. She and her husband had supported the empowerment of young women for well over 30 years up to her last days.

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-The Diversity Award was awarded to Ellen after her death and continues to be awarded today to honor those who continue to make breakthroughs in all fields of sciences regardless of their personal identities
-Co-Founder of American Association of University Women
-First President of the Home Economics Association

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- The Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning: A Manual for Housekeepers (1882)
- A. G. Woodman, Richards wrote the classic text in the field of sanitary engineering: Air, Water, and Food from a Sanitary Standpoint (1900)
-The Cost of Shelter (1905)
-Euthenics: The Science of Controllable Environment (1910)

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Ellen studied sanitary chemistry and engineering, since her place as a woman in the 1800's was still at home, she still found ways to research and perform studies. She would later be asked by the US government to help investigate water sources on behalf of the US health authorities. She was in charge of teaching students on the analysis of drinking water, wastewater and even the air, often using her own home as a labratory.

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She first attended Vassar College majoring in chemistry and later receiving her bachelor's degree in 1870. She then atained a Master of the Arts degree pertaining to the chemical analysis of iron ore. She would later become the first woman to be accepted into Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earning a bachelor's degree.

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She was homeschooled for a while and then attended Westford Academy to study mathematics, composition, and Latin. She did so well in Latin that she was also able to learn French and German, putting her in high demand to help tutor.

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Ellen was born an only child to her father Peter Swallows and Fanny Gould Taylor, who both came from well-established families, heavily believing in the power of an education.

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Ellen was born on December 3rd, 1842 in Dunstable, Massachusetts