Swanson, Pearl Pauline, 1895-1980.

Pearl P. Swanson was born September 13, 1895 in Cokato, Minnesota. She received her B.S. (1916) in Home Economics from Carleton College, M.S. (1924) from the University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. (1930) from Yale University.

Swanson taught high school chemistry (1916-1918) at Faribault, Minnesota. She also held the positions of Instructor of chemistry at Carleton College (1920-1922) and Assistant Professor of nutrition at Montana State College (1924-1027). She joined the Iowa State College (University) faculty as an Associate Professor of food and nution (1930-1936), and was promoted to Professor (1936-1967. Swanson because Assistant Director of the Iowa State Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station (1944-1961), making her the first woman in the United States to hold such a position.

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