New York State College of Home Economics
Variant namesHome Economics began as part of the Extension Service in 1900 with the arrival of Martha Van Rensselaer and the establishment of the Farmers' Wives Reading Course. In 1903-1904 Martha Van Rensselaer and Anna Botsford Comstock taught three courses within the College of Agriculture at Cornell University, relating to home and family life. In 1907 the Department of Home Economics was established at Cornell, with Martha Van Rensselaer and Flora Rose as its first instructors. In 1911 the two women became the first full-time female faculty members at Cornell. The Department of Home Economics became a school in 1919 and in 1925, the first state chartered College of Home Economics in the country. In 1969 it was renamed the New York State College of Human Ecology.
From the description of New York State College of Home Economics records, 1875-1970. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64074659
From the description of New York State College of Home Economics records, 1875-1979. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 165393104
Home Economics began as part of the Extension Service in 1900 with the arrival of Martha Van Rensselaer and the establishment of the Farmers' Wives Reading Course. In 1903-1904 Martha Van Rensselaer and Anna Botsford Comstock taught three courses within the College of Agriculture at Cornell University, relating to home and family life. In 1907 the Department of Home Economics was established at Cornell, with Martha Van Rensselaer and Flora Rose as its first instructors. In 1911 the two women became the first full-time female faculty members at Cornell. The Department of Home Economics became a school in 1919 and in 1925, the first state chartered College of Home Economics in the country. In 1969 it was renamed the New York State College of Human Ecology.
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1900:
Martha Van Rensselaer arrived at Cornell to organize a reading course for farmers' wives -
1901:
First bulletin of the Cornell Reading Course for Farmer's Wives, Saving Steps, published and distributed -
1903:
Three courses relating to home and family life offered for credit at Cornell University -
1905:
First winter course taught in home economics. The program was non-credit, open to any woman in the state, and it continued until 1921 -
1907:
First curriculum for the four-year course in home economics completed -
Flora Rose joined the staff of home economics -
Department of Home Economics established -
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1909:
Martha Van Rensselaer received her A.B. from Cornell University -
1911:
First three students graduated from the Department of Home Economics -
Martha Van Rensselaer and Flora Rose granted the first full professorships for women at Cornell -
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1912:
Martha Van Rensselaer and Flora Rose voted members of the Cornell faculty and named co-directors of the Department of Home Economics in the College of Agriculture -
1913:
Department of Home Economics moved into its own building, called Comstock Hall, today the Computing & Communications Center -
1914:
Smith-Lever Act passed by United States Congress -
1919:
Department of Home Economics became the School of Home Economics within the New York State College of Agriculture -
1922:
Department of Hotel Administration established in the School of Home Economics -
First M.S. in Home Economics awarded to Amy L. Hunter -
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1923:
Martha Van Rensselaer named one of the twelve greatest women in the country by the League of Women Voters -
1925:
New York State College of Home Economics established at Cornell -
Purnell Act made federal research funding available through 1930 -
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1930:
First Ph.D. in Home Economics at Cornell University awarded to Helen Canon -
1932:
Martha Van Rensselaer died -
1933:
College of Home Economics moved into Martha Van Rensselaer Hall -
1936:
Flemmie Kittrell awarded a Ph.D. in Home Economics, the first African American in the United States to earn such a degree -
1940:
Flora Rose retired and Mary Henry appointed acting director of the College -
1941:
Sarah Blanding appointed director of the College -
1942:
Sarah Blanding became the first female dean at Cornell -
1944:
Van Rensselaer and Rose Lectures established to bring distinguished women, such as Margaret Mead, to campus -
1946:
Sarah Blanding resigned to become first female president of Vassar College -
Elizabeth Vincent appointed dean of the College -
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Home Economics Education became a department in the College -
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1947:
First television broadcast planned and produced by the College of Home Economics -
Catherine Personius, Head of the Department of Food and Nutrition, appointed coordinator of research and assistant director of Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station -
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1949:
College of Home Economics became one of thirty-two constituent units of the State University of New York (SUNY) -
1952:
Mann Library opened, combining the libraries of the College of Agriculture and the College of Home Economics -
1953:
Elizabeth Vincent retired -
Helen Canoyer became dean of the College -
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1954:
The School of Hotel Administration separated from the College of Home Economics and became its own college, with H. B. Meek as dean -
1955:
Home Bureau Federation established -
1958:
Fifty-seven home economists from twenty countries gathered for the first time at the Institute and Workshop on International Education in Home Economics -
1959:
Flora Rose died -
1960:
Catherine Personius elected as the first female faculty trustee -
1962:
Television and Film Center completed -
1963:
Ghana Project established to assist women's education in Africa -
1964:
Home Economics International Activities Office established -
1966:
Head Start Program initiated -
President's Committee to Study the College of Home Economics convened with Sara Blackwell as chair -
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1967:
Final report of the President's Committee to Study the College of Home Economics submitted -
1968:
North Wing of Martha Van Rensselaer Hall dedicated -
Dean Helen Canoyer retired -
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1969:
David Knapp appointed dean -
New York State College of Home Economics reorganized and renamed the New York State College of Human Ecology
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June 21, 1864:
Born in Randolph, New York -
1884:
Graduated from Chamberlain Institute, Randolph, New York -
For 10 years taught in public schools of western New York -
1894:
Elected school commissioner of Cattaraugus County, New York and served for 6 years. -
1896 -1903 :Lecturer in teacher's institutes and Secretary of the State Summer School at Chautauqua. -
1900:
Called to Cornell and started educational extension courses. -
1907:
Instructor in Home Economics at Cornell. -
1909:
A.B. degree from Cornell. -
1911:
Professor at Cornell. -
1914 -1916 :President of the American Home Economics Association. -
1917:
During World War I made head of the food conservation work in New York State and was appointed to the office of director of the food conservation division of the U.S. Food Administration by Herbert Hoover. -
1920:
Appointed joint head of Home Economics at Cornell with Flora Rose. -
1923:
Sent to Belgium to study the educational needs of women for the Commission for Relief in Belgium. -
1929:
Appointed director of the White House Conference for Child Health and Protection by Herbert Hoover. -
1930:
Received honorary D.Ped. from the New Yokr City College of Teachers. -
1932:
Martha Van Rensselaer Hall built; Martha Van Rensselaer died in New York City May 26, 1932.
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October 13, 1874:
Born in Denver, Colorado. -
1932 -1940 :Instructor at Kansas State Agricultural College. -
1904:
B.S. from Kansas State Agricultural College. -
1907 -1911 :Lecturer at Cornell in Home Economics. -
1909:
M.S. from Columbia University. -
1911 -1940 :Professor and head of the Department of Home Economics at Cornell. -
1917 -1919 :Director of food conservation program in New York -
1923:
Belgian study of nutrition of school children for the Educational Foundation of the Commission on Relief for Belgium. -
1924:
Member of Weight Control Conference called by New York Academy of Medicine and the American Medical Association. -
1931:
Ph.D. from Albany State Teachers College. -
1932 -1940 :Director of the College of Home Economics. -
1940:
Retired from Cornell as Emeritus Director. -
July 25, 1959:
Died in LaJolla, California.
From the guide to the New York State College of Home Economics records, 1875-1979, (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library)
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