Papers, 1920-1975.

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Papers, 1920-1975.

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The collection includes biographical information, newspaper clippings, writings, correspondence, Iowa State College Home Economics Division meeting minutes (1942, 1949-50), and a file on the Cummins-Vaile Bill on vocational education (1924-1934).

.42 linear ft. (1 document box)

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa state university. College of home economics

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Iowa State University. College of Family and Consumer Sciences

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Iowa State University first established coursework in "domestic economy" in 1872. The first instructor was Mary B. Welch, wife of University President, Adonijah Welch. In 1875 the Department of Domestic Economy was formed. It was among the earliest domestic economy departments in the United States. The department's name was changed in 1912 to the Department of Home Economics and in 1914 gained divisional status as the Division of Home Economics. At that time the curricula were domestic science a...

Fisher, Genevieve

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Home economics college dean, teacher education expert. Genevieve Fisher was Dean of the Iowa State College Division of Home Economics, 1927-1944. Prior to her deanship, she was a home economics instructor, 1914-1919. In 1919 Fisher became employed by the U.S. Board of Vocational Education in Washington, D.C. (1919-1922). She then worked at the Carnegie Institute of Technology at Pittsburgh, directing the home economics education program for teachers-in-service for western Pennsylvania. ...