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Ellen Swallow Richards:Education and Home Economics Pioneer

December 3, 2010 marks the birth of Ellen Swallow Richards, 19th century pioneer in Home economics,  earning a degree at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and being the school’s first female instructor.
Richards was born in Dunstable, Massachussetts to a family who nurtured her educational aspirations.
After recieving degrees from Vassar college and MIT, her educational attributes ( [...]

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