Redigerer Ellen Swallow Richards (avsnitt)

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Richards ble uteksaminert fra [[Westford Academy]] i 1862. Hun var den første kvinnen til å begynne på [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. Hun ble uteksaminert i 1873 og ble senere skolens første kvinnelige instruktør/lærer.<ref name=obit/><ref>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Campus Life: M.I.T.; Salute to Women At a School Once 99.6% Male |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/07/nyregion/campus-life-mit-salute-to-women-at-a-school-once-99.6-male.html |quote=When Ellen Swallow Richards came to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in January 1871, she was the first woman to attend the institute, then based in Boston. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date= 7. april 1991|accessdate=19. november 2018 }}</ref>Richards var den første kvinnen i USA som ble akseptert til en hvilken som helst vitenskaps- og teknologiskole, og den første amerikanske kvinnen til å få en grad i [[kjemi]], som hun ble tildelt fra [[Vassar College]] i 1870.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics  |coauthors= |title=Ellen Swallow Richards |year= |publisher= |page= |quote= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cVtFJ5tvINsC&pg=PA387&lpg=PA387&dq=%22first+woman+to+earn+a+degree+in+chemistry%22&source=bl&ots=Y_P1-rvlze&sig=pfbf2WxVAO6HAxE5ff9nMr-gc_o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=arQXU5uGMIXq0AGY-oGYDw&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22first%20woman%20to%20earn%20a%20degree%20in%20chemistry%22&f=false |isbn= }}</ref><ref name="Bowden">{{cite book|last1=Bowden|first1=Mary Ellen|title=Chemical achievers : the human face of the chemical sciences|date=1997|publisher=Chemical Heritage Foundation|location=Philadelphia, PA|isbn=9780941901123|pages=156–158|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eCg5MgI2S54C&pg=PA156}}</ref><ref name="Profile">{{cite web|title=Ellen H. Swallow Richards|url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/ellen-h-swallow-richards|website=Science History Institute |accessdate=19. november 2018}}</ref>