Anna M. Cooley

Anna M. Cooley
Cooley, from a 1928 publication
Born
Anna Maria Cooley

September 16, 1874
New York, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 6, 1955 (age 80)
Pawling, New York, U.S.
OccupationsHome economist, textbook writer

Anna Maria Cooley (September 16, 1874 – May 6, 1955) was an American home economist and textbook writer. She was a professor of household arts at Teachers College, Columbia University, from 1904 to 1941. She was president of the New York State Home Economics Association from 1924 to 1928.

Early life and education

Cooley was born in New York City as the daughter of Charles Wallace Cooley and Emma Davin Cooley.[1] She graduated from Barnard College in 1896. She completed a Bachelor of Science degree at Teachers College, Columbia University in 1903.[2] Her sister, Carrie Starr Cooley, was a noted nurse in New York.[3]

Career

Cooley taught at Teachers College, Columbia University, from 1904 until she retired in 1941.[4] She became an associate professor of household arts in 1917.[5] She was president of the New York State Home Economics Association from 1924 to 1928.[6][7]

Publications

Cooley wrote several textbooks with her colleague Helen Kinne and others.[8]

  • Occupations for Little Fingers: A Manual for Grade Teachers, Mothers and Settlement Workers (1905, with Elizabeth Sage)[9]
  • "Selection of domestic art subject matter for secondary schools" (1909)[10]
  • Domestic Art in Women's Education (1911)[11]
  • Shelter and Clothing: A Textbook of the Household Arts (1914, with Helen Kinne)[12]
  • Food and Household Management: A Textbook of the Household Arts (1914, with Helen Kinne)[13]
  • "The Amy Schussler Apartment" (1915)[14]
  • The Home and the Family: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making (1917, with Helen Kinne)[15]
  • Food and Health: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making (1917, with Helen Kinne)[16]
  • "How Economics Studies in Grades Seven to Twelve" (1918, with Cora M. Winchell, Wilhelmina Spohr, and Josephine A. Marshall)[17]
  • Teaching Home Economics (1919, with Cora Marguerite Winchell, Wilhelmina H. Spohr, and Josephine Atlee Marshall)[18]
  • Household Arts for Home and School (1920, with Wilhelmina H. Spohr)[19]
  • "Some Investigations concerning the use of Certain Home Economics Information Tests" (1923, with Grace Reeves)[20]
  • "Economics and home economics instruction in the schools" (1932)[21]
  • "Some Reminiscences of Teachers College" (1939)[2]

Personal life

Cooley died in 1955, at the age of 80, at her home in Pawling, New York.[22][23] Her papers are in special collections at Teachers College, Columbia University.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hamersly, Lewis Randolph; Leonard, John William; Mohr, William Frederick; Knox, Herman Warren; Holmes, Frank R.; Downs, Winfield Scott (1918). Who's who in New York (city and State). L.R. Hamersly Company. p. 230. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  2. ^ a b c Santamorena, Victoria. "Anna M. Cooley Papers". LibGuides: Teachers College Faculty and Emeriti Collections. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  3. ^ "Miss C. S. Cooley Dies; Widely Known Nurse; Head of Harkness Pavilion of Medical Centre a Victim of Pneumonia Here". The New York Times. June 3, 1932. p. 19. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  4. ^ Shaw, Martha. "Trends in Home Economics Education" Archived 2025-12-12 at the Wayback Machine Forecast (September 1928): 148.
  5. ^ "Citizens Need Home Economics Education". The New York Age. 1923-12-22. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-12-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Activities of Members" Archived 2025-12-12 at the Wayback Machine World Problems: Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences 10(October 1925): 87.
  7. ^ "Home Economics Makes Progress". The Herald Statesman. 1926-02-23. p. 11. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Household Management; Volume by Prof Helen Kinne and Asst Prof Anna M. Cooley". The Boston Globe. 1914-03-28. p. 4. Archived from the original on 2023-12-22. Retrieved 2023-12-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Sage, Elizabeth; Cooley, Anna Maria (1905). Occupations for Little Fingers: A Manual for Grade Teachers, Mothers and Settlement Workers. C. Scribners̓ sons. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  10. ^ Cooley, Anna M. "Selection of domestic art subject matter for secondary schools." The Journal of Home Economics 1, no. 1 (1909): 52–60.
  11. ^ Cooley, Anna M. (1911). Domestic Art in Woman's Education. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  12. ^ Kinne, Helen; Cooley, Anna Maria (1914). Shelter and Clothing: A Textbook of the Household Arts. Macmillan. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  13. ^ Kinne, Helen; Cooley, Anna Maria (1914). Foods and Household Management: A Textbook of the Household Arts. Macmillan. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  14. ^ Cooley, Anna M. (1915-01-01). "The Amy Schussler Apartment". Teachers College Record. 16 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1177/016146811501600111. ISSN 0161-4681.
  15. ^ Kinne, Helen; Cooley, Anna Maria (1917). The Home and the Family: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making. Macmillan. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  16. ^ Kinne, Helen; Cooley, Anna Maria (1916). Food and Health: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making. Macmillan. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  17. ^ Cooley, Anna M., Ora M. Winchell, Wilhelmina Spohr, and Miss Josephine A. Marshall. "Home Economics Studies in Grades Seven to Twelve." Teachers College Record 19, no. 3 (1918): 1–19.
  18. ^ Cooley, Anna Maria; Winchell, Cora Marguerite; Spohr, Wilhelmina H.; Marshall, Josephine Atlee (1919). Teaching Home Economics. Macmillan. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  19. ^ Cooley, Anna Maria; Spohr, Wilhelmina H. (1920). Household Arts for Home and School. Macmillan Company. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  20. ^ Cooley, Anna M.; Reeves, Grace (1923-09-01). "Some Investigations concerning the use of Certain Home Economics Information Tests". Teachers College Record. 24 (4): 1–35. doi:10.1177/016146812302400403. ISSN 0161-4681.
  21. ^ Cooley, Anna M. "Economics and home economics instruction in the schools." Journal of Home Economics 24, no. 7 (1932): 584-587.
  22. ^ "Anna Cooley Dies; Educator was 80; Professor Emeritus of Home Arts at Teachers College &e Wrote Texts, Articles". The New York Times. May 8, 1955. p. 89. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  23. ^ "Obituary for Anna M. Cooley". Daily News. 1955-05-09. p. 369. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-06 – via Newspapers.com.
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