Institute for the Coordination of Women's Interests Records 1922-1931

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Institute for the Coordination of Women's Interests Records 1922-1931

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A research institute to develop methods of combining efficient home management with serious intellectual endeavors. Contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, proposals, and programs.

1 box; (.5 linear ft.)

eng,

Smith College Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6322666

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Howes, Ethel Puffer, 1872-1950

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Institute for the Coordination of Women's Interests

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The Institute for the Coordination of Women's Interests was established at Smith College in 1925 with Ethel Puffer Howes as director. Mrs. Howes formulated a plan for a research institute to develop methods of cominging efficient home management with serious intellectual endeavors. The Institute received a three-year grant from the Laura Spellman Rockefeller Froundation. The Institute experimented with ways to lighten married women's daily routines and sought to guide women into professions and ...