| Predecessor | National Columbian Household Economic Association |
|---|---|
| Merged into | Committee of Household Economics of the General Federation of Women's Clubs |
| Formation | 1893 |
| Dissolved | 1903 |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, US |
National Household Economic Association (1893-1903) was a 19th-century American women's organization which promoted the new field of home economics.[1]
This association was incorporated March 16, 1893, under the name of the National Columbian Household Economic Association.[2] The articles of incorporation and by-laws were adopted March 22, 1893, and went into effect at the annual meeting of October 11, 1893. The Association voted to drop the word 'Columbian' at the meeting held in April, 1894.[3]
The management was vested in a board of 16 directors, with headquarters in Chicago, but composed of members from all States. The association held annual meetings. All women could become members of this association by the payment of an annual fee of US$1. The association worked mainly not by establishing new clubs, but by inducing existing woman's clubs to establish departments of household economics, for the study of how better to manage the home, educate better servants, and have more healthy food.[2]