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World War II
Women had to find ways to make meat spread over a longer amount of time, using skills learned in Home Ec.Since most husbands were gone at war women were now in charge of finances and jobs. -
Career Opportunities Increased
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College Degree
https://sites.google.com/site/mdafcs/Home/history-of-the-maryland-association-of-family-and-consumer-sciences
During the 1940s a college degree in home economics was made a requirement for member in the American Home Economics Association (AHEA) which also made it a requirement for membership in the MHEA. -
Early Literature
http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/h/hearth/about.html Treatise on Domestic Economy for the Use of Young Ladies at Home (1841), written by Catharine Beecher (1800-1878), an educator and social reformer who was a half-sister of the abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe. Print made this possible. -
Societal Conditions
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Eleanor Roosevelt Promotes
During her time as First Lady Eleanor promoted the importance of Home Economics."I feel I have a right to take pride and particular interest in what happens in the College of Home Economics. To me, it is the most important part of the university, for it concerns the homes of the people of this country." New York State College of Home Economis through her support. -
Food Research
castle.eiu.edu
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FHA
Community leadership was developed through a cocurricular high school student organization, the Future Homemakers of America (FHA), which was established in 1945. -
College Department
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/homeEc/timeline.htmlHome Economics Education became a department in the College. NYSU -
Home Economics TV Broadcast
First television broadcast planned and produced by the College of Home Economics. Catherine Personius, Head of the Department of Food and Nutrition, appointed coordinator of research. -
Constituent Unit
College of Home Economics became one of thirty-two constituent units of the State University of New York (SUNY) -
Education Abroad
http://www.ehow.com/info_7992105_home-economics-1940s.html
Faculty and experts in Home Economics went abroad in the postwar period to educate other countries through government programs such as the Marshall Plan Economic Recovery Program. This outreach not only explained basic principles of the science to many foreigners but it influenced the education, role and status of women outside of the U.S
