Edwards, Alice L. (Alice Leora), 1882-

Alumna Alice Leora Edwards was born April 19, 1882 in Monroe, Oregon. She graduated from Oregon Agricultural College (later Oregon State University) in 1906 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics. She received her M.A. degree in 1917 from Columbia University and her Ed. D. from Columbia University Teachers College in 1940. In 1917-1918 she was Assistant Professor of Dietetics at the University of Minnesota and in 1921-1926 she served as Dean of Home Economics at Rhode Island College. In 1941 she became the Dean of Home Economics at Mary Washington College at the University of Virginia at Fredericksburg, a position she held until her retirement from academic life in 1951. Edwards served as Executive Secretary of the American Home Economics Association from 1926 until 1936. During her career, she edited Scientific consumer purchasing: a study guide for the consumer (1939), co-authored Consumer standards (1941) and wrote Product standards and labeling for consumers (1940).

From the description of Alice L. Edwards papers, 1895-1962. (Eugene Public Library). WorldCat record id: 52198291

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