FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 7, 2018 Contact: costume@cornell.edu Location: Human Ecology Building, Level T Display Cases Hours: 8 AM – 8 PM on weekdays, 9 AM – 4 PM on weekends We are always free and open to the public! Exhibition, WOMEN EMPOWERED: Fashions from the Frontline, features items worn by prominent activists, politicians, artists, […]
Martha Van Rensselaer
Martha Van Rensselaer in Belgium
Blog post by Eileen Keating. In 1923, at the age of 58, Martha Van Rensselaer was selected by the National League of Women Voters as one of America’s twelve most influential women. This honor was in recognition of her twenty-three years of pioneering work at Cornell in the new field of home economics. Home economics […]