Education
University of Kansas.
University of Kansas.
Weeks earned a bachelor"s in chemistry in 1913 and shortly thereafter a master"s degree. Initially, she worked as a high school teacher and chemical technician. At Kansas, she carried a heavy teaching load and did not do extensive research.
Because her interests leaned to the humanities, Weeks was drawn to the history of chemistry.
From 1932-1933, Weeks wrote a series of 21 articles on the discovery of the elements for the Journal of Chemical Education. The articles were collected and published in book form in 1935.
Discovery of the Elements went through several editions over the years. In 1944, Weeks moved from Kansas to become a research librarian at Wayne State University.
In 1946 or 1947, she began collaborating with Charles A. Browne on a retrospective history of the American Chemical Society.
Browne was responsible for the structure of the project and about half the chapters. After Browne"s death in 1947, Weeks continued the project to completion. A History of the American Chemical Society—Seventy-five Eventful Years was published in 1952.
Weeks retired from Wayne State in 1954 and remained in Detroit.