Marie E. Knickrehm oral history, 1988.

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Marie E. Knickrehm oral history, 1988.

Tape and transcript of an oral history interview with Marie E. Knickrehm, conducted by Janet How, August, 1988.

14 p. transcript.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7905124

Cornell University Library

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Knickrehm, Marie E.

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Associate Professor, Dept. of Institutional Management, New York State College of Home Economics, 1949-1966. Knickrehm also worked in Extension from 1953 through the 1960s. From the description of Marie E. Knickrehm oral history, 1988. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935240 ...

How, Janet,

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New York State College of Home Economics. Dept. of Institutional Management.

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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...