Gruehl was born in Passaic, New Jersey, the daughter of Edward Charles Gruehl and Susan Ramsay Mason Gruehl. Her father was manager of a rubber factory; her mother was a teacher and clubwoman.[1][2] Gruehl graduated from Passaic High School in 1920, and from Mount Holyoke College in 1924.[3][4] Her major was chemistry, and her minor was in mathematics; she was also known as a dancer during her college years.[3][5]
"The anaphylactogenic character of horse dander and its crossed relationship to horse serum" (1925, with Bret Ratner and Holmes C. Jackson)[8]
"Active and passive protein sensitization in utero" (1926, with Bret Ratner and Holmes C. Jackson)[9]
"Transmission of protein hypersensitiveness from mother to offspring" (1927, with Bret Ratner and Holmes C. Jackson)[7]
"Ocular Manifestations in Anaphylaxis" (1927, with Bret Ratner and Holmes C. Jackson)[14]
"Respiratory Anaphylaxis: Sensitization, Shock, Bronchial Asthma, and Death Induced in the Guinea Pig by the Nasal Inhalation of Dry Horse Dander" (1927, with Bret Ratner and Holmes C. Jackson)[10]
"Investigations of Methods in the Study of Anaphylaxis" (1928, with Bret Ratner)[15]
"Is Respiratory Anaphylaxis (Asthma) the Result of a Local or General Sensitization?" (1928, with Bret Ratner)[16]
"Congenital Hypersensitiveness Transmitted to the Third Generation" (1929, with Bret Ratner)[17]
"The Sensitizing Dose in Respiratory Anaphylaxis (Asthma)" (1929, with Bret Ratner)[18]
"Respiratory Anaphylaxis (Asthma) and Ricin Poisoning Induced with Castor Bean Dust"[12]
"Identity of Animal Anaphylaxis and Human Allergy (Protein Hypersensitiveness)" (1930, with Bret Ratner)[19]
"Congenital Protein Hypersensitiveness in Two Generations" (1931, with Bret Ratner)[20]
"Passage of native proteins through the normal gastro-intestinal wall" (1934, with Bret Ratner)[11]
"Anaphylactogenic properties of milk: Immunochemistry of the purified proteins and antigenic changes resulting from heat and acidification" (1935, with Bret Ratner)[21]
"Anaphylactogenic properties of malted sugars and corn syrup" (1935, with Bret Ratner)[13]
Gruehl married building contractor Edgerton Ladd Aikman in 1930.[6] They had a daughter, Beverley. Her husband died in 1973,[22] and she died in 1983, in Concord, Massachusetts, at the age of 81.[23]