I found a great collection of home ec photos from Purdue University. The above image is from 1955.

Ann Hamman earned her master’s degree in home ec from Purude University in the 1940s. She went on to become the food editor at the Evansville Courier. I am beginning to collect information about her career and exploring the intersection of women’s pages and home economics.

I also came across this quote yesterday: “Home economics has not fared well at the hands of historians. Until recently women’s historians largely dismissed home economics as little more than a conspiracy to keep women in the kitchen.” (Sarah Stage, “Home Economics: What’s in a name?” in Rethinking Home Economics, 1). The same could be said about women’s pages and journalism history.

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I found a great collection of home ec photos from Purdue University. The above image is from 1955.

Ann Hamman earned her master’s degree in home ec from Purude University in the 1940s. She went on to become the food editor at the Evansville Courier. I am beginning to collect information about her career and exploring the intersection of women’s pages and home economics.

I also came across this quote yesterday: “Home economics has not fared well at the hands of historians. Until recently women’s historians largely dismissed home economics as little more than a conspiracy to keep women in the kitchen.” (Sarah Stage, “Home Economics: What’s in a name?” in Rethinking Home Economics, 1). The same could be said about women’s pages and journalism history.

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