Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies student papers, 1990-1997.

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Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies student papers, 1990-1997.

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Papers written by students in HDFS 258 (Women's Studies 238). Topics include the Farmers' Wives Reading Course, given by the College of Home Economics, Martha Van Rensselaer, the "domecon" (Domestic Economics) baby program, and a 1948 film about the college. Miscellaneous topics concern organization including the Cosmopolitan Club, Frigga Fylgae, and S.E.D.O.W.A.H. (Scholarship, Enthusiasm, Dignity of Women in Agriculture and Home Economics), and a paper on Flemmie P. Kittrell. Also papers written concerning the Co-Ed Protest, late 1890s, by Rachel Harris and Cathy Hogan.

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Van Rensselaer, Martha, 1864-1932

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New York State College of Home Economics. Frygga Fylgae.

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New York State College of Human Ecology.

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In 1956, under the direction of Robin M. Williams and John Dean, 427 women were interviewed about family and non-family roles, their health activities, and attitudes on various issues. All the women lived in upstate New York. Thirty years later, Phyllis Moen and Donna Dempster McClain located and interviewed 313 of these women. In 1987 and 1988 they interviewed one daughter from each of 246 of these women. The daughters were asked about their roles and attitudes and about their relationships wit...

Cosmopolitan Club (Cornell University)

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Hogan, Cathy L.

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New York State College of Home Economics

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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 bec...