Development of chemistry at Ohio University and Its first women graduates

Dewald, Howard D.

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Title

Development of chemistry at Ohio University and Its first women graduates

Author(s)

Dewald, Howard D.

Issue Date

2022-12-30

Keyword(s)

• Chemistry
• History
• Ohio University

Abstract

In the first 100 years at Ohio University nearly 700 bachelor’s degrees were awarded by the institution. Only two chemistry-related degrees were earned by women, both in 1903, who wrote Bachelor of Philosophy (Ph.B.) theses on derivatives of hydrocarbons. Why was this significant? A short background on the university, notable milestones, and the development of the chemistry curriculum is given prior to the discussion of the theses written by Ethel Riley and Nannie Nease and their subsequent lives. A discussion of baccalaureate origins of women in chemistry in Ohio shows a dearth of degrees prior to 1920 and thus the significance of the theses written by Riley and Nease.

Publisher

Division of the History of Chemistry

ISSN

1053-4385

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

article

Language

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/128648

DOI

https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2022v047p281

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