About Ruby Kathryn Worner
Lived 1900 – 1995. Ruby Kathryn Worner was a scientist and chemist.
Ruby Kathryn Worner (22 November 1900 – 15 April 1995) was an American chemist and textiles expert.
Biography Worner was born on 22 November 1900 in San Jose, Illinois, United States. Her parents were Henry Worner and Mary Worner and she had two brothers.
Worner studied three degrees at the University of Chicago, graduating with a PhD in Chemistry in 1925. In 1938, she published the Effect of Purification Treatments on Cotton and Rayon for the National Bureau of Standards, alongside Ralph T. Mease.
In September 1939, Worner was sponsored by the American Chemical Society’s Division of Chemical Education to speak at a Symposium on Training and Opportunities for Women in Chemistry.
Worner died on 15 April 1995 in Peoria, Illinois.
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American chemist (1900–1955)
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