Helen Monsch (January 28, 1881 – July 31, 1959) was an American home economist. Monsch was head of the food and nutrition department at Cornell University from 1925 to 1947.
Helen Monsch | |
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 Helen Monsch, from the 1927 yearbook of Cornell University | |
| Born | January 28, 1881 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | July 31, 1959 (age 78) Winter Park, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Home economist, college professor |
Early life and education
editMonsch was born in Louisville, Kentucky, one of the ten children of Henry J. Monsch and Mary Elizabeth Braymen Monsch. She trained as a teacher in Kentucky; in 1904, she graduated from Kansas Agricultural College with a degree in home economics.[1] She earned a second bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1909, and a master's degree in nutrition from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1916.[2]
Career
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Monsch taught in nutrition programs at Simmons College, Iowa State College, and the public schools of Gary, Indiana.[3] She did research on infant feedings at Iowa University Children's Hospital, Rush Medical College, the University of Illinois College of Medicine, and other programs.[4]
Monsch began working at Cornell University in 1918, first teaching in the summer extension program. She was head of the food and nutrition department at Cornell from 1925 to 1947.[5] She also directed health classes in the public schools of Ithaca,[6] wrote newspaper articles on cooking,[7] and gave public lectures on child nutrition.[4]
Monsch wrote and narrated a short educational film about nutrition, For Health and Happiness (1941).[8] After she retired from Cornell in 1947, she donated over 300 books to the university's home economics library.[2]
Publications
edit- Feeding Babies and Their Families (1943, with Marguerite Kaechele Harper)[9]
Personal life
editMonsch retired to Winter Park, Florida, where at least two of her sisters also lived.[10] She died there in 1959, at the age of 78.[2][11]
References
edit- ^ Monsch, Helen (1904). "Food adulteration". Senior Thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College. hdl:2097/37706 – via Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Libraries.
- ^ a b c Cornell University, Office of the Dean of the University Faculty, "Memorial Statement for Professor Helen Monsch" (1959).
- ^ "To Teach at Iowa State; Miss Helen Monsch Appointed Assoc. Professor of Home Economics". The Morning Chronicle. 1915-04-06. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-04-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Cornell Expert to Talk to Home Bureau on Friday". Democrat and Chronicle. 1933-02-26. p. 34. Retrieved 2024-04-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Faculty Biographies: Helen Monsch". Cornell University: What Was Home Economics?. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ Van Rensselaer, Martha; Rose, Flora (September 1925). "Food and Health Education: Practical Work in Child Feeding at Cornell". The American Food Journal. 20: 438–439.
- ^ Monsch, Helen (1932-04-17). "Proper Cooking Methods Given". The Birmingham News. p. 55. Retrieved 2024-04-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "For Health and Happiness". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ Monsch, Helen; Harper, Marguerite Kaechele (1943). Feeding Babies and Their Families. J. Wiley and Sons, Incorporated.
- ^ "Miss Daisy Monsch". The Courier-Journal. 1951-03-20. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-04-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Obituary for Helen Monsch". The Orlando Sentinel. 1959-08-01. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-04-09 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
edit- Helen Monsch at IMDb