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What was Charlotte Fitch Roberts 's occupation after Jun 1893?
Charlotte Fitch Roberts Charlotte Fitch Roberts ( February 13 , 1859 – December 5 , 1917 ) was an American chemist best known for her work on stereochemistry . Life . Roberts was born on February 13 , 1859 , in New York City to Horace Roberts and Mary Roberts ( née Hart ) . Education and career . Roberts attended Wellesley College in 1880 . Wellesley made her a graduate assistant in 1881 , an instructor in 1882 , and an associate professor in 1886 . In 1885 she spent a year at Cambridge University working with Sir James Dewar , a chemist and physicist . In 1896 she published The Development and Present Aspects of Stereochemistry . She obtained a PhD from Yale in 1894 and a post at the University of Berlin from 1899 to 1900 . She was made a professor and the head of the chemistry department from 1896 to 1917 at Wellesley College . Awards and professional bodies . Roberts was made a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science , and a chemistry professorship at Wellesley now bears her name .