Caroline Hunt (home economist) explained

Caroline Hunt
Birth Date:	August 23, 1865
Birth Place:	Chicago, Illinois
Death Date:	January 28, 1927
Death Place:	Chicago, Illinois
Occupation:	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

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

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 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

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

Hunt died in Chicago in early 1927.

External links

• Online Books Page for Caroline Louisa Hunt

Notes and References

1. Book: Leonard . John William . Who's who in America . Marquis . Albert Nelson . 1924 . A.N. Marquis . 1675 . en.
2. Book: Northwestern University . The syllabus of Northwestern University . 1885 . Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University . University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign . 27 . Internet Archive.
3. Book: Webster, William Grant . The Evanston Village High School . 1907 . private circulation [Press of S.D. Childs & Company] . 69–70 . en.
4. Web site: 1929 . Caroline Louise Hunt . 2024-01-28 . UWDC, UW-Madison Libraries.
5. Book: Wilbur Olin Atwater, Jane Addams . Dietary studies in Chicago in 1895 and 1896: Conducted with the Cooperation ... . 1898 . Govt. print. off. . University of Michigan . English.
6. Book: Northwestern University . Alumni Record of the College of Liberal Arts . 1903 . 192 . en.
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=3W7XAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Miss%20M.%20A.%20Lovinggood%22&pg=RA2-PA56 "Along the Color Line: Personal"
8. Book: Hunt, Caroline Louisa . Wisdom of the wise; pithy and pointed sayings of the best authors . 1891 . Boston, D. Lothrop Company . University of California Libraries.
9. Book: Hunt, Caroline Louisa . Home Problems [from a New Standpoint,] ]. 1908 . Whitcomb & Barrows . en.
10. Book: Hunt, Caroline Louisa . The Daily Meals of School Children . 1909 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en.
11. Book: Langworthy . Charles Ford . Economical Use of Meat in the Home . Hunt . Caroline Louisa . 1910 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en.
12. Book: Hunt, Caroline Louisa . The Life of Ellen H. Richards . 1912 . Whitcomb & Barrows . en.
13. Book: Langworthy . Charles Ford . Cheese and Its Economical Uses in the Diet . Hunt . Caroline Louisa . 1912 . U.S. Department of Agriculture . en.
14. Book: Langworthy . Charles Ford . Mutton and Its Value in the Diet . Hunt . Caroline Louisa . 1913 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en.
15. Book: Hunt . Caroline Louisa . Honey and Its Uses in the Home . Atwater . Helen Woodard . 1915 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en.
16. Book: Hunt, Caroline Louisa . Fresh Vegetables and Fruits as Conservers of Other Staple Foods . 1917 . U.S. Department of Agriculture . en.
17. Book: Hunt, Caroline Louisa . Bread and Bread Making in the Home . 1917 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en.
18. Book: Hunt, Caroline Louisa . Food for Young Children . 1917 . U.S. Department of Agriculture . en.
19. Book: Hunt, Caroline Louisa . How to Select Foods: I. What the Body Needs . 1921 . U.S. Department of Agriculture . en.
20. Book: Hunt, Caroline Louisa . Good Proportions in the Diet . 1923 . U.S. Department of Agriculture . en.