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Daniels, Amy (1875-1965)
Although a professor of foods and nutrition at UW for only four years, beginning in 1914, Amy Daniels played a significant role in introducing a tradition of research into the home economics department. Her academic training was remarkable considering how limited opportunities in science were for women at that time. In addition to obtaining a BS from Columbia University in 1906 and a PhD in Biochemistry from Yale in 1912, Daniels studied at MIT for two years, spent one summer doing research in physiological chemistry at Columbia and another at Harvard Medical School, and took courses at the University of Chicago. From 1911 to 1914, she was assistant professor of Home Economics at the University of Missouri, and in the summer of 1914 she conducted research for a professor of physiological chemistry at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. After arriving at UW, Daniels researched infant nutrition and child welfare as well as nutrition questions that arose during the First World War. She directed the Woman's Service War Preparedness Committee's research work, for which she conducted experiments that led to the publication of two bulletins about fruits and vegetables. She also wrote or co-wrote numerous bulletins relating to the war-time conservation effort, such as "Twelve Ways to Use Barley" and "What Shall We Eat on Wheatless and Meatless Days." In 1918, Daniels left Wisconsin to take a position with the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station at the University of Iowa, a position she kept until 1942. Her contribution to research in nutrition was recognized in 1939 when she was awarded a Borden Award by the American Home Economics Association. |
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