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Keeping America Fed And Healthy During World War Ii: Sylvia Brooklyn Denhoff, Home Economist, Madeleine Lux, Amanda Zagame

Selected Student Research from 2010

World War II served as a major force for change in the lives of many American women. Whether on the home front or overseas, the wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters of the United States played an integral role in the American quest for victory. One such woman was Sylvia Brooklyn Denhoff. With a degree in home economics from Syracuse University, Sylvia was hired in 1943 to write “food columns” for the left-wing newspaper PM. Her columns contained information on substitutes for scarce foods, such as meat and butter, the importance of observing price ceilings, recipes for healthy, nutritious meals, …

Making Good

Historical Documents of Bryant University (1863-present)

Bulletin urging prospective male and female students to enroll in business and clerical programs at Bryant & Stratton, particularly those who are not going to fight in World War I but could still use their clerical skills to help the government.

"The government needs the services of 100,000 young men and young women... ACT PROMPTLY, as the government needs the help of every efficient stenographer and clerk it can secure."