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Institute of Home Economics (U.S.)
Created within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, this home economics body focused on putting research to work in everyday life. Its publications centered on practical questions of food, clothing, housing, and household management for American families.
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Family fare : food management and recipes
by United States. Agricultural Research Service. Human Nutrition Research Division, Institute of Home Economics (U.S.), United States. Agricultural Research Service. Consumer and Food Economics Research Division
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The Institute of Home Economics (U.S.) was not a single individual author but a U.S. government research organization. Sources from the National Agricultural Library describe it as part of the Agricultural Research Service in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with work organized around Human Nutrition, Clothing and Housing, and Household Economics Research.
Its mission was practical and direct: applying science to daily living. In published materials and USDA descriptions, the institute is associated with research and guidance on meals, nutrition, family spending, housing, and other household concerns, helping translate federal research into advice ordinary families could use.
One notable leader was Hazel Katherine Stiebeling, a nutritionist who, according to the National Agricultural Library, served as Director of the Institute of Home Economics from 1957 to 1961. Because this author entry names an institution rather than a person, a portrait of Stiebeling is used here as the closest identifiable public-facing figure linked to the institute.