Hi, my name is Kasha Patel, and my favorite woman in science is
Ellen Swallow Richards. She is an industrial and environmental chemist,
and she laid the foundation for what is known today as the home
economics movement. She focused a lot on proper
clothing, purer food, nutrition, sanitation, and more
efficient practices so females could spend more time on things
other than cooking and cleaning inside the household. She was also the first woman to be admitted
into MIT, and the first female professor at the institution.