# Ruth Benerito (@ruth-benerito)

Ruth Benerito was a chemist. At the US Department of Agriculture, Benerito and colleagues developed chemical cross-linking treatments that made cotton fabrics resist wrinkling while preserving useful properties.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Ruth Benerito's public record._

## Topics

- [A Team and an Industry](/@ruth-benerito/a-team-and-an-industry.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Cellulose Chemistry](/@ruth-benerito/cellulose-chemistry.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Easy-Care Cotton](/@ruth-benerito/easy-care-cotton.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.ars.usda.gov/oc/timeline/benerito/
- blog: https://invention.si.edu/invention-stories/ruth-benerito-wrinkle-free-cotton
- blog: https://www.acs.org/education/whatischemistry/women-scientists/ruth-benerito.html

## Ask this twin

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```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "ruth-benerito", "question": "…"}`.