Sarah Field Splint | |
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![]() Sarah Field Splint, 1917 – 1918 | |
Born | 1883 Swarthmore, Pennsylvania [1] |
Died | 1959 |
Occupation | Feminist writer |
Language | American English |
Nationality | American |
Literary movement | Second Wave Feminism |
Sarah Field Splint (1883–1959) was an American author, editor, domestic science consultant, and feminist. [2] [3]
Sarah Field Splint, of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, was an alumna of Colby College. [1] From 1914 to 1919 she was the editor of the magazine "Today's Housewife", published in Cooperstown, New York. [4] She served as chief of the Home Conservation Division of the Food Conservation Division of the United States Food Administration, [5] designing the USFA uniform, later known as the Hoover apron. [6] Splint was an editor of Woman's Home Companion, Managing Editor of The Woman's Magazine, [7] and a member of the staff of The Delineator. She associated with feminist group, Heterodoxy, having favored suffrage. Splint donated to her alma mater's library a collection of the works of Sarah Orne Jewett. [1] She died in 1959.
Sarah Field Splint | |
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![]() Sarah Field Splint, 1917 – 1918 | |
Born | 1883 Swarthmore, Pennsylvania [1] |
Died | 1959 |
Occupation | Feminist writer |
Language | American English |
Nationality | American |
Literary movement | Second Wave Feminism |
Sarah Field Splint (1883–1959) was an American author, editor, domestic science consultant, and feminist. [2] [3]
Sarah Field Splint, of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, was an alumna of Colby College. [1] From 1914 to 1919 she was the editor of the magazine "Today's Housewife", published in Cooperstown, New York. [4] She served as chief of the Home Conservation Division of the Food Conservation Division of the United States Food Administration, [5] designing the USFA uniform, later known as the Hoover apron. [6] Splint was an editor of Woman's Home Companion, Managing Editor of The Woman's Magazine, [7] and a member of the staff of The Delineator. She associated with feminist group, Heterodoxy, having favored suffrage. Splint donated to her alma mater's library a collection of the works of Sarah Orne Jewett. [1] She died in 1959.