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Title: CELEBRATING TWO WOMEN WHO CONTRIBUTED TO VITAMIN AND MINERAL RESEARCH: MARY SWARTZ ROSE AND HELEN T. PARSONS

Author
item Hunt, Janet

Submitted to: Journal of Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/11/2001
Publication Date: 4/11/2001
Citation: Hunt, J.R. 2001. Celebrating two women who contributed to vitamin and mineral research: Mary Swartz Rose and Helen T. Parsons. Presented by Janet R. Hunt at Experimental Biology 2000. San Diego, CA. April 15-18, 2000.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Celebration of the 75th anniversary of the American Society of Nutritional Sciences encourages historic reflection. It is especially fitting to honor the substantial contributions of women to nutrition research, including vitamin and mineral nutrition. Two early examples are: Mary Swartz Rose (1874-1941), the only female of 11 founding members and the fifth president of the American Institute of Nutrition, with an exemplary career of teaching, service and research on a range of nutrition issues including iron bioavailability from foods; and Helen T. Parsons (1886-1977), one of 112 charter members, whose pioneering work on "vitamins and antivitamins" revealed species differences in vitamin C requirements and discovered and contributed to solving the problem of egg white injury.