Josephine Thorndike Berry (February 25, 1871 – July 21, 1945) was an American educator and home economist. She held several roles as an educator including that of Superintendent of schools at Waterville, Kansas and Professor of Domestic Science, Northern Illinois State Normal School (now Northern Illinois University) at DeKalb, Illinois.[1][2] She was the head of the Department of Home Economics at Northern Illinois State Normal School, at the State College of Washington, and at the University of Minnesota.
Early life and education
editBerry was born in Waterville, Kansas on February 25, 1871,[3] the daughter of Edward A. and Flora A. (Lewis) Berry.[4][5] She was educated at the University of Kansas, A.B.; Teachers College, Columbia University, B.S. 1904, A.M. 1910; Yale University, 1909–10; research fellow, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1909–10 (member, Pi Beta Phi).[4][5]
Career
editBerry was the Superintendent of schools, Waterville, Kansas, 1900–02. She was the assistant in the Department of Household Administration, University of Chicago. Berry served as head of the Department of Home Economics, Northern Illinois State Normal School; head of the Department of Home Economics, State College of Washington (now Washington State University); and head, Home Economics Department, University of Minnesota, 1913–18.[4] She was the assistant director for home economics, Federal Board for Vocational Education, 1917–18.[5]
Berry established Thorndike Hall in Kansas City, Missouri after noticing a lack of appropriate housing for working women in that city.[6] She favored woman suffrage, and was progressive in politics.[4] Berry was a member of the American Home Economics Association, American Chemical Society Association of Collegiate Alumnae,[4] National Society for Vocational Education, American Academy of Political and Social Science, Association of Collegiate Alumnae,[5] and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[7]
Death
editJosephine Thorndike Berry died at St. Mary's Hospital, in Kansas City, Missouri, July 21, 1945.[3][6]
References
edit- ^ Illinois Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (1911). Biennial Report. p. 637. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Northern Illinois University (1908). Summer Session. p. 2. Retrieved June 29, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Josephine Thorndike Berry 1872–1945 • LL37-SSK". ident.familysearch.org. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Leonard, John William (1914). Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914–1915. American Commonwealth Company. p. 97. Retrieved June 29, 2022 – via Wikisource. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d Who's who in America. Vol. 12. A.N. Marquis. 1922. p. 371. Retrieved June 29, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Waterville Services for Josephine Berry". Marshall County News. July 26, 1945. p. 2. Retrieved June 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ American Association for the Advancement of Science (1912). Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved June 29, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
