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The Iowa Homemaker vol.23, no.6
The Iowa Homemaker: Volume 23, Issue 6
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Home Economics faculty members have seen their "by-lines" in many types of publications. Individuals have had articles published in national journals and magazines, and have written textbooks used in the various departmental fields.
The audience reached by graduates in professional home economics positions numbers in the millions. The professional positions in food service have increased appreciably since the war, because a larger percentage of the population of the United States now eats at least one meal a day outside the home.
miss Genevieve Fisher came to Iowa State as Dean of the Home Economics Division in September, 1927. In this capacity she has become widely known and respected, nationally as well as throughout Iowa. High standards of intellectual and professional achievement for which this division has been recognized have been consistently maintained under Dean Fisher's able leadership.
The equipment of the Home Economics Division and the building which houses it at Iowa State are among the finest in the country. Each department has special laboratories and workrooms with new equipment being continually added to keep in step with the latest developments.
With war conditions accelerating the demands for graduates in most fields of home economics, the staff of Iowa State's Home Economics Division, under the leadership of Dean Genevieve Fisher, faces the task of directing the education of 1,500 women who are majoring in one of the ten curricula of the division this year.