CHEM 105 Lecture 12: Balancing Equations and Special Lecture
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Attracted young girls from the eastern united states to begin learning and developing an interest in science (specifically chemistry) Had no money, which is why she had to go work at the boarding school. First time in the united states that girls were doing lab experiments as part of their instruction. Struggled to get a job as a professor because she was unable to get a degree. But, no american universities were accepting women into their graduate programs so she had no alternate solution to earn a degree. Ended up going to university of zurich, where she learned german and was able to get her graduate degree. University of nebraska builds a new chemical laboratory in 1887, and proposes the start of analyzing and testing sugar beets.
