Table of Contents

Foreword xi Prologue xiii Chapter 1 Ellencyclopedia 1 Chapter 2 Westford Ho 9 Chapter 3 Faith in Her Star 15 Chapter 4 Setting Sights 21 Chapter 5 Women Studying Together 25 Chapter 6 No Wasted Minutes 29 Chapter 7 She Will Not Fail 35 Chapter 8 Uncharted Ground 39 Chapter 9 Water Water Everywhere! 45 Chapter 10 Cupid Pops into the Laboratory 51 Chapter 11 Applied Scientists at Work 57 Chapter 12 The Woman's [sic] Laboratory 65 Chapter 13 Long-Distance Learning 73 Chapter 14 MIT's First Woman Instructor 79 Chapter 15 Pioneer for Public Health 85 Chapter 16 Under Water Again 89 Chapter 17 Environmental Activist 93 Chapter 18 Ever on the Go 97 Chapter 19 Health Food Kitchens 101 Chapter 20 Healthier School Lunches Sharper Minds 111 Chapter 21 Launching a New Movement 115 Chapter 22 At Work to the End 121 Epilogue 133 Acknowledgments 135 Author's Note 137 Ellen Swallow Richards Time Line 139 Source Notes 143 Selected Bibliography 169 Index 173

About the Author

Pamela Curtis Swallow received her B.A. at Skidmore College, NYU and her MLIS at Rutgers University School of Library and Information Science. Formerly a school librarian, English teacher and History teacher, she is a full time writer and author of ten published books of fiction and non-fiction. Swallow is Ellen Swallow Richards's first cousin,three generations removed.