THE EXHIBITION


Introduction
Biography
Botany
Horticulture
NY State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Nature Study
Education of Women
   To the Farmer’s Wife
   1903 Reading-Course
   Letter to M. Van Rensselaer
   Staff of Farmers’ Institute
   Alumni Yearbook
   Home Economics Department
   Lesson for the Farm Home
Commission on Country Life
Hortorium
Photography
Writings
Travel






THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN

From 1911 to 1918 the senior women in home economics created original yearbooks, which included a photograph of each student and biographical information. The 1911 class dedicated their yearbook to Liberty Hyde Bailey “under whose Deanship the classes of 1911, 1912, 1913 had the honor of graduating.” Bailey in turn inscribed the front page:

The Department of Home Economics was organized to train a woman in efficiency and to develop her outlook of life. Such a department is a necessity as a means of developing society. It stands for the evolution of woman’s work and place.


Classes of 1911—’12—’13 Department of Home Economics Yearbook
(Top: portrait and inscription, Bottom: dedication)

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