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Dean's Fellowship in the History of Home Economics
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This is a collection of video and audio presentations given by recipients of the Dean's Fellowship in the History of Home Economics.
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As Good as Butter: Home Economics and the New Fats, 1890-1990
(2017-03-16)New edible fats with names like "Hogless Lard" and "Cottolene" entered the American diet in the late 19th century, and Americans sought help from the first generation of home economists to understand these novel foodstuffs. ... -
Another Modernism: Home Economics and the Conception of Domestic Space in the United States, 1900-1960
(2016-03-16)Focusing on the homemaker as the primary user of domestic interior, the Home Economics movement formulated a spatial model that differed from the dominant spatial ideal of architectural modernism in the first half of the ... -
Ergonomics in the Postwar Home: Collaborations between Cornell's College of Home Economics and the Center for Housing and Enivronmental Studies
(2015-04-16)In architecture and design, the postwar period in America saw the rise of a new phenomenon: ergonomics research. The primary aim of ergonomics was to improve human environments by studying a wide range of factors that ... -
To Encircle the World
(2014-03-20)Allison Horrocks, 2013 Dean's Fellowship recipient in the History of Home Economics in the College of Human Ecology, traces Kittrell’s rise to prominence as an educator and nutrition expert, connecting her story to a diverse ... -
Fixing Family Problems Around the World: Home Economics at the Cornell School for Missionaries
(2013-10-02)Anna Schatz, 2012 Dean's Fellowship recipient in the History of Home Economics, examines the history of the School for Missionaries at Cornell University. From 1930 through the 1950s, this program sought to unite the ... -
Cultivating the Country's Best Crop: Developing Youth Through 4-H in the 20th Century
(2011-11-14)This presentation provides a look at the history of 4-H clubs and their relationship to the developing ideas about rural culture, community and modernity in 20th century United States. 4-H clubs—the youth phase of ... -
Watchful Weighing: The Body Politics of Home Economics 1920-1950
(2011-03-03)Not long after the turn of the century, home economists, physicians, and public health workers made the height-weight chart into a household term. Historian Rachel Moran examines the spread of tables in schools, agricultural ... -
A Growing College, redux: When Home Economics Became Human Ecology - Video
(2009-03-04)In 1969, after 5 years of deliberation and planning, Cornell's College of Home Economics became the College of Human Ecology. Gwen Kay, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Oswego and 2008 recipient of the Cornell CHE ...
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