Martha Van Rensselaer

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Martha Van Rensselaer was an influential American educator and early leader in the development of home economics as an academic discipline and profession.

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instanceOf educator ⓘ
home economist ⓘ
human ⓘ
contributedTo establishment of home economics as a college discipline ⓘ
extension services for homemakers ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Cornell University ⓘ
employer Cornell University ⓘ
fieldOfWork education ⓘ
home economics ⓘ
genre non-fiction ⓘ
hasNotableStudent students in early home economics programs at Cornell University ⓘ
hasOccupation home economist ⓘ
hasRole leader in professionalization of home economics ⓘ
pioneer in home economics ⓘ
influenced development of university-level home economics programs in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy progressive era educational reform ⓘ
knownFor developing home economics curricula ⓘ
extension work with rural women ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainInterest family life education ⓘ
household management ⓘ
rural education ⓘ
movement home economics movement ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableFor development of home economics as an academic discipline ⓘ
leadership in home economics profession ⓘ
notableIdea extension education for rural homemakers ⓘ
home economics as a scientific and academic field ⓘ
notableWork Bulletins and extension materials on home management and household science ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
educator ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
partOf early 20th-century home economics movement in the United States ⓘ
positionHeld co-director of the College of Home Economics at Cornell University ⓘ
head of the Department of Home Economics at Cornell University ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
workLocation Ithaca, New York ⓘ
New York State ⓘ

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home economics movement → hasNotableProponent → Martha Van Rensselaer ⓘ