Biography
An industrial and environmental chemist in the United States during the 19th century. Her pioneering work in sanitary engineering, and experimental research in domestic science, laid a foundation for the new science of home economics (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Swallow_Richards>Wikipedia</a>).
Books by Ellen Henrietta Richards
The Cost of Shelter
The dietary computer
The dietary computer
The cost of food
Conservation by sanitation
Conservation by Sanitation: Air and Water Supply; Disposal of Waste ..
Air, water and food from a sanitary standpoint
Health in labor camps
Health in labor camps
Laboratory notes on industrial water analysis
The cost of cleanness
Good luncheons for rural schools without a kitchen
Home sanitation
The dietary computer. Explanatory pamphlet
The cost of living as modified by sanitary science
Municipal responsibility for h
Municipal responsibility for healthy school-houses
Reduction of nitrates by bacte
Reduction of nitrates by bacteria and consequent loss of nitrogen
Food as a factor in student life
The science of nutrition
Domestic economy as a factor in public education
Food materials and their adulterations
The chemistry of cooking and cleaning