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 ⓘ
dissolved 1908 ⓘ
endTime 1908 ⓘ
field home economics ⓘ
hasPart Eighth Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics ⓘ
Fifth Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics ⓘ
First Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics ⓘ
Fourth Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics ⓘ
Ninth Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics ⓘ
Second Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics ⓘ
Seventh Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics ⓘ
Sixth Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics ⓘ
Tenth Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics ⓘ
Third Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics ⓘ
hasParticipant Ellen Swallow Richards ⓘ
Melvil Dewey ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Lake Placid
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 ⓘ
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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Lake Placid Conferences on Home Economics → hasPart → Sixth Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics ⓘ
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Lake Placid Conferences on Home Economics → hasPart → Eighth Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics ⓘ
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Lake Placid Conferences on Home Economics → hasPart → Ninth Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics ⓘ
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Lake Placid Conferences on Home Economics → hasPart → Tenth Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics ⓘ
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