Effie Raitt Explained

Effie Raitt
Birth Name:Effie Isobel Raitt
Birth Date:June 13, 1878
Birth Place:Patterson, Iowa
Death Date:December 4, 1945
Death Place:Seattle, Washington
Occupation:Home economist, dietitian, college professor

Effie Isobel Raitt (June 13, 1878[1] – December 4, 1945) was an American dietitian and college professor. She was head of the University of Washington's School of Home Economics for more than thirty years, from 1912 to 1945. Raitt Hall on the university's central Quad is named in her honor.[2] She was a national leader of both the American Home Economics Association and the American Dietetic Association.

Early life and education

Effie Raitt was born in Patterson, Iowa, the daughter of George Patterson Raitt and Janet (or Jeanette) McFadden Raitt. All of her grandparents were born in Scotland; her father was a Presbyterian minister. She trained as a dietitian at Columbia University and Northwestern University.[3]

Career

Raitt was a professor and dean of home economics at the University of Washington from 1912 to 1945.[4] [5] She also taught summer courses at the University of California.[6] She was president of the American Home Economics Association from 1934 to 1936,[7] and vice-president of the American Dietetic Association in 1924.[8] [9] [10] In 1929, she spoke at the annual meeting of the Western Hospital Association, in Los Angeles, on the education of dietitians.[11] She was one of the experts who attended the White House Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership in 1931.[12] She served on the board of the Seattle Visiting Nurse Service in the 1930s.[13] She attended the 4th Pan-Pacific Women's Conference in Vancouver in 1937.[14]

During World War I, Raitt was featured as an expert in promotional materials published by dairy industries in Canada and the Pacific Northwest.[15] [16] During World War II she joined other home economists in supporting a newspaper columnist's campaign of "nutrition for national defense".[17] [18]

Publications

Personal life

Raitt lived with her sister Elsie in Seattle for much of her adult life. She died in 1945, at the age of 67. The University of Washington renamed the home economics department's building "Raitt Hall" in 1946;[24] a fellowship award was also named in her memory.

Notes and References

  1. Some sources give her birth year as 1879; June 13, 1878 is the birth date given on her 1910 application for a United States passport, and Patterson, Iowa is the birth place given; from the National Archives, via Ancestry.
  2. Web site: History . 2023-03-22 . University of Washington Nutritional Sciences Program, School of Public Health . en.
  3. News: 1945-12-04 . Prof. Effie Raitt Passes at Seattle . 6 . The Bellingham Herald . 2023-03-22 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: 1946-05-20 . Fellowship Award . 14 . The Seattle Star . 2023-03-22 . Newspapers.com.
  5. 1934-07-13 . Scientific Notes and News . Science . en . 80 . 2063 . 30–33 . 10.1126/science.80.2063.30 . 0036-8075.
  6. Book: University of California . Register of the University of California . 1933 . D.W. Gelwicks, State printer . 85 . en.
  7. News: 1935-02-23 . Home Economics Chief . 13 . Chicago Tribune . 2023-03-22 . Newspapers.com.
  8. February 1924 . Officers of the Association . Bulletin of the American Dietetic Association . 3.
  9. September 1923 . Dietitians to Meet at Indianapolis . Trained Nurse and Hospital Review . 71 . 3 . 254.
  10. https://books.google.com/books?id=G4q-V95S2nQC&pg=PA400 "Dietitians Make Final Plans for Annual Conference"
  11. July 1927 . Western Hospital Convention is 'Round Table' Conference . Modern Hospital . 29 . 1 . 116.
  12. Web site: 1931 . Statement Announcing the White House Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership . 2023-03-22 . The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  13. News: 1937-10-26 . Friends Anticipating Food Sale . 7 . The Seattle Star . 2023-03-22 . Newspapers.com.
  14. News: 1937-06-20 . Two U.S. Government Officials Will Attend Pan-Pacific Meet . 24 . The Honolulu Advertiser . 2023-03-22 . Newspapers.com.
  15. News: Woodman . E. F. . 1916-11-23 . Best Food for Invalids and Children is Milk . 9 . The Bellingham Herald . 2023-03-22 . Newspapers.com.
  16. News: Woodman . E. F. . 1917-09-04 . Expert Gives Advice about Milk . 12 . The Province . 2023-03-22 . Newspapers.com.
  17. News: Dean . Dorothy . 1942-04-13 . Teachers Show Interest in 'Nutrition for Defense' . 8 . The Spokesman-Review . 2023-03-22 . Newspapers.com.
  18. News: 1942-04-07 . Home Economics Heads Are to Have Luncheon . 8 . Spokane Chronicle . 2023-03-22 . Newspapers.com.
  19. Raitt . Effie I. . December 1923 . A Survey of the Status of the Hospital Dietitian . Modern Hospital . 21 . 6 . 626–632.
  20. Book: Lyon . Leverett Samuel . Vocational Readings . Butler . A. Marie . 1927 . Macmillan Company . 380–384 . en.
  21. Raitt . Effie I. . April 1929 . Home Economics in the State of Washington . Washington Historical Quarterly . 20 . 2 . en . 98–110. 23908716 .
  22. Raitt, Effie I. "The nature and function of home economics." Journal of Home Economics 27, no. 5 (1935): 265-273.
  23. Raitt, Effie I. "What can business do to remove consumer suspicion." Journal of Home Economics 28, no. 5 (1936).
  24. Web site: Geerkens . Joy . August 27, 2018 . Legacies & traditions at the UW . 2023-03-22 . The Daily of the University of Washington . en.

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