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Better Homes In America
 

This 1925 Better Homes in America pamphlet contains information about hundreds of practice home programs in universities and high schools across the United States. In 1925, Better Homes in America's Board of Directors included Herbert Hoover and Grace Abbott, a Progressive Era reformer. Its Advisory Council included Calvin Coolidge, Katharine Blunt (AHEA President), Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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