UW-Stevens Point: Home Economics Timeline: Past To Present (1902-2002)
A celebration of 100 years of dynamic change in Home Economics
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A celebration of 100 years of dynamic change in Home Economics
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Stevens Point Normal Domestic Science Overview
Picture (25x22, 163 bytes)he biggest event brought in the decade, that is the 1940 reinstatement of Home Economics as a major. While enrollments did not grow a lot after the good news, it did not slip much either. Enrollment in all of the University was down due to the war effort and the home economics majors volunteered in many areas. Toward the end of the decade Bessie May Allen allowed several husbands to live in the home management house with their home economics wives, a first in the country.

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1944 Home Economics Club





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