author
Anna M. (Anna Maria) Cooley
1874–1955
A pioneering home economist and textbook writer, she helped shape how household arts were taught in schools and colleges in the early 20th century. Her books brought practical lessons on clothing, food, and home management to generations of students.
2 Audiobooks
Foods and Household Management: A Textbook of the Household Arts
by Helen Kinne, Anna M. (Anna Maria) Cooley
Clothing and Health: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making
by Helen Kinne, Anna M. (Anna Maria) Cooley
About the author
Born in 1874, Anna Maria Cooley was an American home economist, educator, and textbook writer. She taught household arts at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she served from 1904 to 1941, and she became a leading voice in the growing field of home economics.
Cooley wrote and co-wrote instructional books on subjects such as clothing, health, foods, and household management. Her work focused on making everyday domestic knowledge teachable in classrooms, which made her an important part of the movement to treat home economics as a serious academic subject.
She also served as president of the New York State Home Economics Association from 1924 to 1928. She died in 1955, leaving behind a body of work closely tied to the history of practical education for women and families in the United States.