Ruth Wheeler
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Ruth Wheeler (1877–c. 1948 ) was an American chemist specialising in the field of nutrition and public education.
Ruth Wheeler | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 5, 1877 |
| Died | Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nutrition |
| Institutions | University of Illinois University of Iowa Vassar College |
Ruth Wheeler was born on 5 August 1877 in Plains, Pennsylvania, to Jared Ward Wheeler and Martha Jane Wheeler (née Evans).[1] She was taught to read by her mother, and graduated from West Pittston High School in West Pittston, Pennsylvania. Her thinking was influenced by her Welsh grandfather, Rev. Dr. Evan Benjamin Evans, a minister concerned with feeding the poor.[2]
In 1899, Wheeler graduated from Vassar College in New York.[2]
