Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842-1911), one of the most influential chemistry minds of the late-19th century, was a pioneer in the fields of nutrition, cooking, and sanitation, and advocate for women's education in the sciences. Richards spent much of her early life in the towns of Dunstable and Westford, Massachusetts, two of forty-five communities in the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area. Hear Ellen's story in this episode of Heritage Stories: Visionaries & Experimenters by watching the video below.
Heritage Stories is an exciting multi-year project of the Freedom’s Way Heritage National Heritage Area that uses state-of-the-art media to share the stories of the visionaries and experimenters that lived within its boundaries with the widest possible audience. During 2020, Freedom's Way is commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Women's Right to Vote through a year-long thematic focus on the people, places and objects from throughout the Heritage Area that are associated with stories of the 19th Amendment, civics, and women’s history.
Freedom's Way National Heritage Area is one of 55 National Heritage Areas in the United States. We work in partnership with the National Park Service and hundreds of community partner organizations to preserve and promote the regional identity of 45 communities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Learn more about our work at FreedomsWay.org
Freedom's Way wishes to thank the following individuals and organizations for their support and participation in this production:
Research and Script - Linda Bowie, Freedom's Way
Recording Engineer & Sound Editor - Dan Thibeault, Fast Twitch Media
Narrator - Liz Brunner, Brunner Communications
Graphic Design - Richard Gioiosa, Gioiosa Design
Editor - Patrice Todisco, Freedom's Way
Production - Jacob M. Boucher
Technical Support - Desiree Demski-Hamelin, Freedom's Way
Producer - Patrice Todisco
Images provided courtesy of MIT Museum, Westford Historical Society & Museum, Littleton Historical Society, Widener Library-Harvard, Harvard University Archives, Wikimedia Commons, Patrice Todisco, Digital Commonwealth, National Park Service, Library of Congress, and the Lawrence History Center.
