Over the course of more than two decades, beginning in 1942, she worked for the
United States Department of Agriculture, initially in the human nutrition branch (as of 1943, the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics), where she rose to become head of the Food and Nutrition division;[7] from 1956 until her retirement in 1965 she served as director of the division of Clothing and Housing Research.[2]
In 1947 Batchelder served as a member of the
War Department's food mission to Germany.[8] In the face of the postwar food shortages in Germany that winter season, she helped to accomplish the dehydration of 120,000 tons of vegetables.[9]
Batchelder was a longtime member of the board of trustees at her alma mater, Connecticut College; first elected to a three-year term in 1929, she served on the board continuously from 1937 to 1973.[4][8]
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Batchelder, E. L. (1934). "Nutritional significance of vitamin A throughout the life cycle". American Journal of Physiology. 109 (3): 430–435.
doi:
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Batchelder, E. L.; Overholser, E. L. (1936). "Factors affecting the vitamin C content of apples". Journal of Agricultural Research. 53: 0547–0551.
ISSN0095-9758.
Levcowich, T.; Batchelder, E. L. (1942). "Ascorbic acid excretion at known levels of intake as related to capillary resistance, dietary estitmates, and human requirements". Journal of Nutrition. 23 (4): 399–408.
doi:
10.1093/jn/23.4.399.
ISSN0022-3166.
Batchelder, E. L.; Ebbs, J. C. (1944). "Some observations of dark adaptation in man and their bearing on the problem of human requirement for vitamin A". Journal of Nutrition. 27 (4): 295–302.
doi:
10.1093/jn/27.4.295.
ISSN0022-3166.
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abcdeBailey, Martha J. (1994). "Batchelder, Esther Lord." In: American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary. Denver, Colorado: ABC-CLIO.
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ab"Esther Batchelder New Member of Board of Trustees." Connecticut College Alumnae News. Vol. XIV, No. 3, Spring 1937. p. 6. Available as a
PDF file from Connecticut College digital repository. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
^The Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics: What It Is, What It Does. Revised edition. Washington: United States Department of Agriculture, 1953. p. 24. Available
online via HathiTrust. "Persons filling the key positions in the Bureau at present are: .... Heads of Divisions: .... Food and Nutrition, Dr. Esther L. Batchelder".
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ab"New Trustees Selected" (19 April 1973). Pundit [student newspaper]. Connecticut College. p. 6. Available online as a
PDF file. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
^"Dr. E. L. Batchelder Receives Distinguished Service Award" (18 May 1954). Sweetwater Reporter. Vol. 57, No. 117, p. 8. Available online as a
PDF file. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
^"Distinguished Service" (19 May 1954). USDA Employee News Bulletin.
Vol. XIII, No. 10. p. 1. "For inspirational leadership and vision in developing and directing comprehensive research in food and nutrition and in applying research results to improved national and international utilization of food."
^"
College Medal" [list of recipients]. Connecticut College. Retrieved 4 June 2016.