Women in Science and Engineering at Yale (2020 Edition)
Charlotte Fitch Roberts (1859–1917), Ph.D.
Charlotte Roberts received her Ph.D. in Chemistry at Yale in 1894. She was the author of Development and Present Aspects of Stereo-Chemistry (DC Heath & Co., 1896). She was an instructor at Wellesley College (1881–1887), an assistant professor (1887–1892), and associate professor (1892–1896) during which she was granted a leave for graduate study at Yale. She served as Professor and Head of the Chemistry Department at Wellesley College (1896–1917). She was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.