Flora Rose

Flora Rose
Flora Rose c. 1916
Born(1874-10-13)October 13, 1874
DiedJuly 25, 1959(1959-07-25) (aged 84)
Alma materKansas State Agricultural College
Occupations
  • Scientist
  • nutritionist
  • professor of Home Economics
EmployerCornell University
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Flora Rose (October 13, 1874 – July 25, 1959) was an American scientist, nutritionist,[1] and co-director of what would become New York State College of Human Ecology.[2] Rose, along with Martha Van Rensselaer, was named the first full-time female professor at Cornell University.[3]

Flora Rose, on left, with co-director and domestic partner, Martha Van Rennselaer, featured on right.
  1. ^ Cook, Blanche Wiesen (2000). Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2: The Defining Years, 1933-1938. Penguin. ISBN 978-1101567456. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  2. ^ "Meatless Mondays Wheatless Wednesdays". exhibits.mannlib.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  3. ^ "History". www.human.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2016-09-25.