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Helen Woodard Atwater: A Leader of Leaders
Author(s) -
Wilmarth Melissa J.,
Nickols Sharon Y.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1111/fcsr.12012
Subject(s) - professional association , family and consumer science , public relations , management , political science , sociology , psychology , economics , mathematics education
This article chronicles the life of Helen W. Atwater, a leader of leaders, and emissary for journalistic expertise, home economics, and women's role in civil society. Atwater's career as a writer and editor encompassed three decades in the early twentieth century during which she prepared reports for the United States Department of Agriculture's ( USDA ) Office of Home Economics, served as the first full‐time editor of the Journal of Home Economics, and participated in early public policy advocacy of the American Home Economics Association. Atwater's active membership in many professional organizations contributed to the understanding of home economics outside of the profession .