May Louise Cowles
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kansas State University
May Louise Cowles | |
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 May Louise Cowles | |
| Born | September 25, 1892 Sibley, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | January 11, 1978 (aged 85) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago University of Wisconsin–Madison Kansas State University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Home Economics |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
May Louise Cowles (September 25, 1892 – January 11, 1978) was an American economist, researcher, author, and advocate of Home Economics.[1] She was a member of the faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1915 to 1958.[2] She had many submissions published in the Journal of Home Economics, the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, and Rural Sociology. She also produced several widely read pamphlets, including Meeting Housing Needs of Older People in Rural Areas (1957), and spoke at a string of national seminars to encourage the addition of family economics to home economics instruction across the United States.
Cowles "created some of the first family economics courses in the nation" at the collegiate level.[3]