Caroline Hunt | |
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![]() Caroline L. Hunt from a 1928 publication | |
Born | August 23, 1865 Chicago, Illinois |
Died | January 28, 1927 Chicago, Illinois |
Occupation(s) | Home economist, college professor |
Caroline Louisa Hunt (August 23, 1865 – January 28, 1927) was an American home economist and college professor. She was the author of more than a dozen USDA publications, mostly on foods.
Hunt was born in Chicago, the daughter of Homer Conkey Hunt and Ann Mary Gleed Hunt. [1] Her mother was a teacher, born in England and raised in Canada. Hunt graduated from Northwestern University in 1888, [2] with further studies in chemistry at the University of Chicago. [3] [4]
Hunt had a working relationship with Hull House, [5] and taught at the Lewis Institute from 1896 to 1901, and at Stetson University in Florida from 1903 to 1904. [6] She was a professor of home economics at the University of Wisconsin from 1905 [3] to 1908. She worked for the United States Department of Agriculture, and for the Bureau of Home Economics in the United States Office of Education. [7]
Many of Hunt's publications were government booklets or pamphlets, on practical topics in home economics.
Hunt died in Chicago in early 1927. [7]
Caroline Hunt | |
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![]() Caroline L. Hunt from a 1928 publication | |
Born | August 23, 1865 Chicago, Illinois |
Died | January 28, 1927 Chicago, Illinois |
Occupation(s) | Home economist, college professor |
Caroline Louisa Hunt (August 23, 1865 – January 28, 1927) was an American home economist and college professor. She was the author of more than a dozen USDA publications, mostly on foods.
Hunt was born in Chicago, the daughter of Homer Conkey Hunt and Ann Mary Gleed Hunt. [1] Her mother was a teacher, born in England and raised in Canada. Hunt graduated from Northwestern University in 1888, [2] with further studies in chemistry at the University of Chicago. [3] [4]
Hunt had a working relationship with Hull House, [5] and taught at the Lewis Institute from 1896 to 1901, and at Stetson University in Florida from 1903 to 1904. [6] She was a professor of home economics at the University of Wisconsin from 1905 [3] to 1908. She worked for the United States Department of Agriculture, and for the Bureau of Home Economics in the United States Office of Education. [7]
Many of Hunt's publications were government booklets or pamphlets, on practical topics in home economics.
Hunt died in Chicago in early 1927. [7]