Virginia Home Economics Association. Committee for the Standardization of Consumer Goods
Organization
Historical Note
In the early twentieth-century, seven women including Mary Ledger Moffett founded the Virginia Home Economics Association. This organization's Committee for the Standardization of Consumer Goods, chaired during the 1930s by Ilena M. Bailey, focused on the creation of quality standards for products such as blankets, sheets, pillowcases, stockings, canned food, and refrigerators.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Virginia Home Economics Association: Committee for the Stadardization of Consumer Goods
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1963-001
Abstract
Collection contains correspondence and reports of the Committee for the Standardization of Consumer Goods.
Dates:
1930 - 1936
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech