Fallgatter, Florence, 1891-

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Birth 1891

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Home economics education professor; department administrator. Florence Fallgatter received a B.S. from the University of Minnesota and an M.A. from Columbia University. She was a high school teacher in Iowa and Minnesota, a city supervisor of home economics in Duluth, Minnesota, a teacher trainer and state supervisor in Montana, regional agent of the Home Economics Education Service, U.S. Office of Education, for eight years and chief of the Service, 1935-38. Fallgatter was Professor (1938-1973) and Head of the Iowa State University Home Economics Education Department (1938-1958). She served as President of the American Home Economics Association, 1950-52, and the first woman president of the American Vocational Association, 1946-47. She also served as national President of Phi Upsilon Omicron, the professional fraternity of home economics, 1934-38.

From the description of Papers, 1929-1973. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 34634431