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Mary Raphael Schenck Woolman (April 26, 1860 – August 1, 1940) was an American educator known for her advocacy of vocational education and consumer education, particularly for women. She was one of the first woman faculty members at Teachers College in New York City.
Jul 1, 2021 · The director of the Manhattan Trade School for Girls, Mary Schenck Woolman, was an active member of the American Home Economics Association, which sought to professionalize the work of women in the home through educational programs in secondary schools and colleges.
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Feb 4, 2016 · Her book, The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish, tells the story of the “Dress Doctors,” the women home economists of the 1900s. Many of them were women who were interested in the sciences, but were prevented from working in any university science department except home economics.
Woolman, Mary Schenck (1860–1940) American home economist and vocational educator. Born Mary Raphael Schenck, April 26, 1860, in Camden, NJ; died Aug 1, 1940, in Newton, MA; dau. of John Vorhees Schenck (physician) and Martha (McKeen) Schenck; m. Franklin Conrad Woolman (lawyer), Oct 18, 1883.
Jan 5, 2012 · A sewing course, comprising directions for making the various stitches and instruction in methods of teaching. by. Woolman, Mary Schenck, 1860-1926? Publication date.
Feb 16, 2024 · Textiles: a handbook for the student and the consumer. by. Mary Schenck Woolman. Publication date. 1913-01-01. Publisher. The Macmillan company. Collection. internetarchivebooks.
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Her book The Making of a Trade School (1910) detailed her experiences as founder and director. Woolman left New York in 1913 to take a position as professor of Household Economics and temporary Director of the School of Household Economics at Simmons. That same year, she succeeded Mary Morton Kehew as President of the Women’s Educational and ...
