Lake Placid Conferences on Home Economics

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The Lake Placid Conferences on Home Economics were a series of late-19th- and early-20th-century meetings that helped define and professionalize the field of home economics in the United States.

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instanceOf academic conference series
aim to define the field of home economics
to develop a curriculum for home economics
to professionalize home economics
to promote scientific management of the home
to standardize terminology in home economics
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1908
endTime 1908
field home economics
hasPart Eighth Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics NERFINISHED
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hasParticipant Ellen Swallow Richards NERFINISHED
Melvil Dewey NERFINISHED
educators in domestic science
household management specialists
nutrition experts
social reformers
inception 1899
influenced development of home economics as an academic discipline
formation of the American Home Economics Association
language English
location Lake Placid, New York NERFINISHED
mainTheme domestic science
household economics
nutrition and dietetics
sanitation and hygiene in the home
scientific approach to household work
women’s education
numberOfEvents 10
organizedBy Ellen Swallow Richards NERFINISHED
output published conference proceedings
recommendations for school curricula in home economics
resolutions on the definition of home economics
period early 20th century
late 19th century
significance helped establish home economics as a recognized profession
linked home economics to Progressive Era social reform
startTime 1899

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home economics movement hasNotableEvent Lake Placid Conferences on Home Economics