Rachel Hartshorn Colwell Award
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3049
The papers relating to Rachel H. Colwell's induction into the West Virginia Agricultural Hall of Fame. Colwell (1877-1954) is identified as the founder of Home Economics in West Virginia. Hired by West Virginia University in 1910, she was the first faculty member and administrator for the Department of Domestic Science in the College of Agriculture. She spent the next 27 years until retirement developing, teaching, and guiding the Home Economics curriculum and research of West Virginia University. She was also a student advisor to the WVU College of Education and the first supervisor of Home economics school programs in the state.
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