Glenola Rose Explained

Glenola Behling Rose
Birth Name:Glenola Emily Behling
Birth Date:March 6, 1891
Birth Place:Buffalo, New York
Death Date:June 20, 1970
Death Place:Salem County, New Jersey
Occupation:Chemist

Glenola Emily Behling Rose (March 6, 1891 – June 20, 1970) was an American chemist known for her work during the 1920s and 1930s on women's employment in chemistry. She ran the Women's Service Committee of the American Chemical Society, which she co-founded in 1926.[1]

Early life and education

Glenola Behling was born in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Charles Ernst Behling and Anna Beitz Behling.[2] She graduated from Masten Park High School in Buffalo in 1908, and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago in 1913.[3] She pursued further studies at the University of Michigan, where she completed a master's degree in chemistry.[4] She completed doctoral studies in chemistry at the University of Washington in 1915, with a dissertation titled "The isolation of inorganic compounds with special reference to the green salts of cobalt."[5]

Career

Rose worked in the Dyestuffs Technical Laboratory at DuPont from 1918 to 1935.[6] [7] [8] In 1921, she presented Marie Curie with an honorary membership in Iota Sigma Pi. In the early 1920s, she served on a committee on women in chemistry for the American Association of University Women and the Bureau of Vocational Information.[9] She ran the Women's Service Committee of the American Chemical Society, which she co-founded in 1926.[10] [11] [12] She also spoke to community women's organizations about her work.[13]

Rose was president of the Wilmington Business and Professional Women's Club in 1923.[14] She and her husband traveled extensively,[15] [16] and photographed the wildflowers of New Jersey; she shared travel films and slide presentations on both subjects with community organizations.[17] [18] In 1952 she studied public health and education in Puerto Rico.[19]

Personal life

In 1915, Glenola Behling married fellow chemist Robert Evstafieff Rose, a British subject born in Italy.[20] [21] Her husband died in 1946,[22] and she died in Salem County, New Jersey, in 1970, aged 79 years.[23]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. 2000-01-01. 9780415920407. en. Marilyn Bailey. Ogilvie. Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie. Joy Dorothy. Harvey. Joy Harvey. 2022-05-27. 2023-11-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20231102232704/https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC. live.
  2. Web site: Crochet sampler book . 2022-05-23 . National Museum of American History . en . 2021-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624032655/https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_627928 . live .
  3. June 1918 . Over Here . The University of Chicago Magazine . 10 . 313 . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230518025752/https://books.google.com/books?id=4znOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA313 . live .
  4. News: 1915-09-08 . Rose-Behling . 5 . Buffalo Courier . 2022-05-23 . Newspapers.com.
  5. Behling, Glenola Emily. "The isolation of inorganic compounds with special reference to the green salts of cobalt..." PhD diss., University of Washington, 1915.
  6. Resnick . David . September 15, 1920 . Chemists Discuss New Processes for Aiding Industrial Production . Drug and Chemical Markets . 7 . 541–542 . May 18, 2023 . May 18, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230518025753/https://books.google.com/books?id=Wh3OAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA541 . live .
  7. Book: Layne, Margaret E. . Women in Engineering: Pioneers and Trailblazers . 2009-06-05 . ASCE Publications . 978-0-7844-0980-0 . 59 . en.
  8. Rose . Glenola Behling . July 1922 . Dyestuffs . The Journal of Home Economics . 14 . 328–329 . 2022-05-23 . 2023-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230518025753/https://books.google.com/books?id=_IAeAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA328 . live .
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=27gmAQAAIAAJ&dq=Glenola+Behling+Rose&pg=PA73 "The Training of Women Scientists"
  10. Puaca, Laura Micheletti, "A new national defense: Feminism, education, and the quest for 'scientific brainpower,' 1940–1965" (PhD dissertation, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2007): 33-34.
  11. Rose . Glenola Behling . July 1940 . A biography of Lomonosov . Journal of Chemical Education . en . 17 . 7 . 346 . 10.1021/ed017p346.2 . 1940JChEd..17..346R . 0021-9584 . 2022-05-23 . 2022-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220523025913/https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed017p346.2 . live .
  12. Book: Rossiter, Margaret W. . Women scientists in America : struggles and strategies to 1940 . 1982 . Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press . Internet Archive . 978-0-8018-2443-2 . 304.
  13. News: 1930-02-19 . Business Women's Dinner . 11 . Arizona Daily Star . 2022-05-23 . Newspapers.com . 2022-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220523025915/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102369832/business-womens-dinner/ . live .
  14. News: 1923-11-22 . Greater Activity Urged for Women . 6 . The Morning News . 2022-05-23 . Newspapers.com . 2022-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220523025917/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102370677/greater-activity-urged-for-women/ . live .
  15. News: 1943-03-17 . History Society Sees Alaska Scenes in Films . 5 . The Morning News . 2022-05-23 . Newspapers.com . 2022-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220523025916/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102370512/history-society-sees-alaska-scenes-in/ . live .
  16. News: 1940-12-07 . To Exhibit Travel Films . 21 . The Morning News . 2022-05-23 . Newspapers.com . 2022-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220523025916/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102369941/to-exhibit-travel-films/ . live .
  17. News: 1936-11-05 . To Give Lecture . 19 . The News Journal . 2022-05-23 . Newspapers.com . 2022-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220523025913/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102370367/to-give-lecture/ . live .
  18. News: 1940-03-26 . Club Women Set for Garden Forum in Mt. Holly Wed. . 14 . Courier-Post . 2022-05-23 . Newspapers.com . 2022-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220523025918/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102370136/club-women-set-for-garden-forum-in-mt/ . live .
  19. Book: Hanson, Earl Parker . Puerto Rico Land Of Wonders . 1960 . Alfred A. Knopf . Universal Digital Library . 242–243 . Internet Archive.
  20. Book: Rose, Robert Evstafieff . Treasure Hunting of Today and Chemistry in Our Schools . 1920 . Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education . en.
  21. News: 1930-01-19 . Dr. Rose and Wife Will Visit Tucson . 2 . Arizona Daily Star . 2022-05-23 . Newspapers.com . 2022-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220523025914/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102370211/dr-rose-and-wife-will-visit-tucson/ . live .
  22. October 7, 1946 . Obituary: Robert E. Rose . American Dyestuff Reporter . 35 . 485 . Internet Archive.
  23. News: 1970-06-23 . Mrs. Robert E. Rose . 16 . The Morning News . 2022-05-23 . Newspapers.com . 2022-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220523025919/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102370845/mrs-robert-e-rose/ . live .

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