astronomy

Mary Swartz Rose

Mary Swartz Rose is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mary Swartz Rose rather than just read about it. In short: Mary Swartz Rose (October 31, 1874 – February 1, 1941) was an American laboratory scientist and educator in the fields of nutrition and dietetics. Early life and education Mary Swartz Rose was born in Newark, Ohio, the first of five children of lawyer Hiram B.

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Reference excerpt

Mary Swartz Rose (October 31, 1874 – February 1, 1941) was an American laboratory scientist and educator in the fields of nutrition and dietetics.

Early life and education Mary Swartz Rose was born in Newark, Ohio, the first of five children of lawyer Hiram B. Swartz and Martha Jane Davies. Rose graduated from high school in 1892, valedictorian of her class. She graduated from Denison University in 1901, in Liberal Arts. In 1906, she received a B.S. in Household Arts from Teachers College, Columbia University. She then went to Yale University, where she received her PhD (studying under Lafayette Mendel) in Physiological Chemistry in 1909.

Career After her graduation from Yale, Rose began a career at Columbia University Teachers College that lasted the rest of her life. Rose and Henry Sherman created the nation's first program in nutrition there. From 1910 to 1923 she was named Professor of Household Arts. From 1923 onward, she was Professor of Nutrition. Rose was famous both as an educator and as a laboratory scientist, as the titles of her works show. She was a prolific author, and wrote both scientific and technical works and pamphlets designed to educate ordinary citizens in the consequences of scientific advances on food selection, preparation, and nutritional planning. Rose worked associated with Herbert Hoover during the years of World War I, produced scientific recipes and balanced menus for the military, and played a part in the development of Army rations.

Awards and honors Rose was a founder of and the fifth President and first woman President of the American Institute of Nutrition; on the Council on Foods and Nutrition of the AMA; and on the Nutrition Commission of the health organization of the League of Nations. The Greater New York Dietetic Association named an annual lectureship in her honor. The American Dietetic Association named a fellowship in her honor. The American Society for Nutrition and the Council for Responsible Nutrition present two awards in her name for research on safety and efficacy of bioactive compounds for human health. Columbia University Teachers College named a professorship in her honor.

Family In 1910, she married Anton Rose, another chemist she had met at Yale. Anton Rose subsequently received his PhD in Chemistry at Columbia University and ultimately worked for the Prudential insurance company. They had one son in 1915. Rose died of cancer in Edgewater, New Jersey on February 1, 1941, and was buried in Granville, Ohio. One of Rose's hobbies was to make crossword puzzles based on amino acids.

Principal works Nutrition investigations on the carbohydrates of lichens, algae, and related substances (1911) 382pp Laboratory Handbook for Dietetics (1912; 4th ed. 1937) Feeding the family (1916) 449pp Everyday foods in wartime (1918) 92pp Foundations of nutrition (1929) (Mary Swartz Rose, Grace MacLeod, Clara Mae Taylor) The relation of diet to health and growth of children in institutions, with a method of evaluating dietaries and a three-weeks dietary conforming to the standards proposed (1930) (Mary Swartz Rose, Cora Emeline Gray, Katherine Lois Foster) 128pp Teaching nutrition to boys and girls (1932) 198pp Child nutrition on a low-priced diet (1935) 109pp Food values of recipes in shares and vitamin units (1936) (Mary Swartz Rose, Clara Mae Taylor) 38pp

References

Further reading Rossiter, Margaret W. (1984). Women scientists in America: struggles and strategies to 1940. The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-2509-5.

External links Works by Mary Swartz Rose at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Mary Swartz Rose at the Internet Archive

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mary Swartz Rose

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mary Swartz Rose ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mary Swartz Rose

In research: Mary Swartz Rose appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mary Swartz Rose in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mary Swartz Rose is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1874 births, 1941 deaths, American cookbook writers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mary Swartz Rose outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Mary Swartz Rose (October 31, 1874 – February 1, 1941) was an American laboratory scientist and educator in the fields of nutrition and dietetics. Early life and education Mary Swartz Rose was born in Newark, Ohio, the first of five children of lawyer Hiram B.

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