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Hi, my name is Kasha Patel, and my favorite woman in science is

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Ellen Swallow Richards. She is an industrial and environmental chemist,

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and she laid the foundation for what is known today as the home

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economics movement. She focused a lot on proper

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clothing, purer food, nutrition, sanitation, and more

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efficient practices so females could spend more time on things

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other than cooking and cleaning inside the household. She was also the first woman to be admitted

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into MIT, and the first female professor at the institution.

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