War courses for women collection, 1918.

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War courses for women collection, 1918.

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This collection consists of promotional brochures advertising wartime courses for women in dietetics and commerce, as well as posters outlining the courses of study, requirements, and curricula.

1 folder.

Drexel University Libraries, W. W. Hagerty Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7944644

Drexel University Libraries, W. W. Hagerty Library

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Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry. Secretarial School.

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During World War I, the Drexel Institute undertook a number of efforts to prepare its graduates to serve the nation in wartime, including initiating programs to prepare women for government jobs. A new major in dietetics, begun in 1918, was the first in the nation to be recognized by the Army Medical Corps as preparation for government service. Likewise, the Secretarial School's was course for women was the first to be considered an official preparatory course for employment as a statistical sec...

Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry

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The Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry was founded in 1891 and first began enrolling students in 1892. Under its first president, James MacAlister, the earliest academic departments included art (including a School of Illustration run by noted illustrator Howard Pyle), business, domestic economy, a library school, mechanic arts, teacher training, the scientific department, the technical department, and lectures/evening classes. The second president of Drexel, Hollis Godfrey, consolid...

Drexel University

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