Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry. Secretarial School.

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During World War I, the Drexel Institute undertook a number of efforts to prepare its graduates to serve the nation in wartime, including initiating programs to prepare women for government jobs. A new major in dietetics, begun in 1918, was the first in the nation to be recognized by the Army Medical Corps as preparation for government service. Likewise, the Secretarial School's was course for women was the first to be considered an official preparatory course for employment as a statistical secretary by the Federal Civil Service Commission.

From the description of War courses for women collection, 1918. (Drexel University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 65388198

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Subjects:

  • Dietetics
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Women

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  • United States (as recorded)