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Ruth Mary Rogan Benerito (January 12, 1916 – October 5, 2013) was an American physical chemist and inventor known for her huge impact work related to the textile industry, notably including the development of wash-and-wear cotton fabrics using a technique called cross-linking. She held 55 patents.
Particular contributions to this discovery came from Ruth R. Benerito, who invented a cross-linking chemical reaction of the cellulose molecules in cotton that imparts the permanent press characteristic on cotton garments. [6]
Ruth R. Benerito (1916–2013), American chemist known for inventions relating to textiles; Paul Berg (1926–2023), American biochemist,1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Friedrich Bergius (1884–1949), German chemist,1931 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Helen M. Berman (born 1943), American chemist
Ruth Benerito, Newcomb alumna and inventor of wrinkle-free cotton; Delzie Demaree, 1889 – 1987, botanist and plant collector who taught botany at Tulane from 1956 to 1958; Willey Glover Denis, 1879–1929, Newcomb A.B. 1899, Tulane M.A. 1902. Biochemist; her appointment as assistant professor at Tulane Medical School has been identified as ...
Ruth R. Benerito: 1916 Wrinkle-free cotton [388] 2008 Willem Einthoven: 1860 Electrocardiograph [389] 2008 William P. Murphy Jr. 1923 Blood bag and disposable medical trays [390] 2008 Amos E. Joel Jr. * 1918 Mobile communication system [391] 2008 Nick Holonyak * 1928 visible light emitting diode [392] 2009 Bob Widlar: 1937 Linear integrated ...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Ruth Johnson Colvin, who founded Literacy Volunteers of America, was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and received the nation’s highest civilian award, the ...
Ruth Fulton Benedict (June 5, 1887 – September 17, 1948) was an American anthropologist and folklorist. She was born in New York City, attended Vassar College , and graduated in 1909. After studying anthropology at the New School of Social Research under Elsie Clews Parsons , she entered graduate studies at Columbia University in 1921, where ...
What happened to Ruth Finley. Gene Stone, who wrote “Little Girl Fly Away,” told Corey Mead in a 2021 interview that Ruth was attacked as a teenager in 1946 in another Kansas town.. By the ...