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Caroline Hunt
Middle-aged white woman with hair brushed back from forehead
Caroline L. Hunt from a 1928 publication
BornAugust 23, 1865
Chicago, Illinois
DiedJanuary 28, 1927
Chicago, Illinois
Occupation(s)Home economist, college professor

Caroline Louisa Hunt (August 23, 1865 – January 28, 1927) was an American home economist and college professor. She was the author of more than a dozen USDA publications, mostly on foods.

Early life and education

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Hunt was born in Chicago, the daughter of Homer Conkey Hunt and Ann Mary Gleed Hunt.[1] Her mother was a teacher, born in England and raised in Canada. Hunt graduated from Northwestern University in 1888,[2] with further studies in chemistry at the University of Chicago.[3][4]

Career

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Hunt had a working relationship with Hull House,[5] and taught at the Lewis Institute from 1896 to 1901, and at Stetson University in Florida from 1903 to 1904.[6] She was a professor of home economics at the University of Wisconsin from 1905[3] to 1908. She worked for the United States Department of Agriculture, and for the Bureau of Home Economics in the United States Office of Education.[7]

Publications

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Many of Hunt's publications were government booklets or pamphlets, on practical topics in home economics.

  • Wisdom of the wise; pithy and pointed sayings of the best authors (1891)[8]
  • Home Problems from a New Standpoint (1908)[9]
  • The Daily Meals of School Children (1909)[10]
  • Economical Use of Meat in the Home (1910, with Charles Ford Langworthy)[11]
  • The Life of Ellen H. Richards (1912)[12]
  • Cheese and Its Economical Uses in the Diet (1912, with Charles Ford Langworthy)[13]
  • Mutton and Its Value in the Diet (1913, with Charles Ford Langworthy)[14]
  • Honey and Its Uses in the Home (1915, with Helen Woodward Atwater)[15]
  • Fresh Vegetables and Fruits as Conservers of Other Staple Foods (1917)[16]
  • Bread and Bread Making in the Home (1917)[17]
  • Food for Young Children (1917)[18]
  • How to Select Foods, I: What the Body Needs (1921)[19]
  • Good Proportions in the Diet (1923)[20]

Personal life

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Hunt died in Chicago in early 1927.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1924). Who's who in America. A.N. Marquis. p. 1675.
  2. ^ Northwestern University (1885). The syllabus of Northwestern University. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University. p. 27 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ a b Webster, William Grant (1907). The Evanston Village High School. private circulation [Press of S.D. Childs & Company]. pp. 69–70.
  4. ^ "Caroline Louise Hunt". UWDC, UW-Madison Libraries. 1929. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  5. ^ Wilbur Olin Atwater, Jane Addams (1898). Dietary studies in Chicago in 1895 and 1896: Conducted with the Cooperation ... University of Michigan. Govt. print. off.
  6. ^ Northwestern University (1903). Alumni Record of the College of Liberal Arts. p. 192.
  7. ^ a b "Along the Color Line: Personal" The Crisis (February 1928): 54.
  8. ^ Hunt, Caroline Louisa (1891). Wisdom of the wise; pithy and pointed sayings of the best authors. University of California Libraries. Boston, D. Lothrop Company.
  9. ^ Hunt, Caroline Louisa (1908). Home Problems [from a New Standpoint,]. Whitcomb & Barrows.
  10. ^ Hunt, Caroline Louisa (1909). The Daily Meals of School Children. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  11. ^ Langworthy, Charles Ford; Hunt, Caroline Louisa (1910). Economical Use of Meat in the Home. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  12. ^ Hunt, Caroline Louisa (1912). The Life of Ellen H. Richards. Whitcomb & Barrows.
  13. ^ Langworthy, Charles Ford; Hunt, Caroline Louisa (1912). Cheese and Its Economical Uses in the Diet. U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  14. ^ Langworthy, Charles Ford; Hunt, Caroline Louisa (1913). Mutton and Its Value in the Diet. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  15. ^ Hunt, Caroline Louisa; Atwater, Helen Woodard (1915). Honey and Its Uses in the Home. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  16. ^ Hunt, Caroline Louisa (1917). Fresh Vegetables and Fruits as Conservers of Other Staple Foods. U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  17. ^ Hunt, Caroline Louisa (1917). Bread and Bread Making in the Home. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  18. ^ Hunt, Caroline Louisa (1917). Food for Young Children. U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  19. ^ Hunt, Caroline Louisa (1921). How to Select Foods: I. What the Body Needs. U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  20. ^ Hunt, Caroline Louisa (1923). Good Proportions in the Diet. U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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