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BU woman professor was pioneer in home economics when Bradley started in 1897


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She was only at Bradley for four years, the early years—from 1897 to 1901—but she brought new ideas and national prominence with her.

Cited as one of “the unsung heroines of the home economics program,” Nellie Kedzie Jones “had tremendous influence and perhaps should be considered one of the many founders of home economics,” noted Nina Collins in her book on the history of home economics at Bradley University. Collins, a BU faculty member for 43 years, died in 2015.

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