Ms. Eleanor Webster
Sister, Aunt, Friend
Chemist, Professor of Chemistry and History of Science
1921- November 2008
Her Story
Ms. Eleanor Webster was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1921. After her secondary education, she moved to Massachusetts and attended Wellesley College, where she received a degree in chemistry. Afterward, she went on to Mount Holyoke College, where she earned her master’s in chemistry. After extensive research and work, she furthered her education and earned her doctorate in organic chemistry from Radcliffe College
During World War II, Ms. Webster was regarded for working as one of the first female chemists in Kodak Corporation’s Research Laboratories. After the war, she taught chemistry and the History of Science at the Wellesley College for 33 years.
While living in Sherborn, Ms. Webster and her very close friend Dr. Dorothea “Dot” Widmayer started a used book business: Retired Books.
Besides her work in the science field, she was heavily interested in travel, music, the arts, and reading. She was known for regularly attending Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts in her free time.
Sister, Aunt, Friend
Chemist, Professor of Chemistry and History of Science
1921- November 2008
Her Story
Ms. Eleanor Webster was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1921. After her secondary education, she moved to Massachusetts and attended Wellesley College, where she received a degree in chemistry. Afterward, she went on to Mount Holyoke College, where she earned her master’s in chemistry. After extensive research and work, she furthered her education and earned her doctorate in organic chemistry from Radcliffe College
During World War II, Ms. Webster was regarded for working as one of the first female chemists in Kodak Corporation’s Research Laboratories. After the war, she taught chemistry and the History of Science at the Wellesley College for 33 years.
While living in Sherborn, Ms. Webster and her very close friend Dr. Dorothea “Dot” Widmayer started a used book business: Retired Books.
Besides her work in the science field, she was heavily interested in travel, music, the arts, and reading. She was known for regularly attending Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts in her free time.
