Domestic science and arts photographs

The Department of Domestic Science and Arts (originally known as the Department of Domestic Economy) was one of the founding programs at the Drexel Institute.  The program fulfilled Anthony J. Drexel's desire to establish a school for the education of women.  The department offered classes in dressmaking, chemistry, biology, physics, economics, dietetics, millinery, cooking, housekeeping, laundry, and normal courses for the training of teachers, among other programs.  In 1918, Drexel offered special war courses for women under the School of Domestic Science and Arts.  The first bachelor's degrees were granted by the department in 1919.  In 1922, Domestic Science and Arts became the School of Home Economics.     

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	Normal domestic science, [class picture] 1894
	[Cooking class] 1903-1904
	[Domestic science laboratory] 1914
	[Domestic science laboratory] [circa 1915]
	[Class in progress] [circa 1915]
	[Millinery class] [circa 1915]
	Chemistry laboratory [circa 1915]
	Class in dietetics [circa 1915]
	Dressmaking [circa 1915]
	Household physics [circa 1915]
	Institutional cookery 1915
	Model laundry [circa 1918]
	Room 312 [sewing class] [circa 1915]