User:Agonnella/Mary Beaumont Welch

Legacy at Iowa State University
To honor all of Mary Beaumont Welch's contributions to the school and community, there are places surrounding campus that are named after her. There is a Welch Avenue located in Campustown and a Welch residence hall on campus. In 1992, she was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame. The domestic science building that was created during Welch's time is still standing today. Iowa State University now provides classes for undergraduate Family Consumer Science students such as Educational Principles for Family and Consumer Sciences, Foundations of Career and Technical Education in Family and Consumer Sciences, and Pre-Student Teaching Experience in FCS Education: Practicum in Diverse Settings.

Biography
Welch created the Department of Domestic Economy at Iowa State and these classes were the first on the subject to award college credit.[3] She was head of the department from 1875 to 1883.[4] At Iowa State, she taught classes including botany, chemistry, geology, physics, and physiology .Her original curriculum included tying the sciences to domestic economy.[5] Her students only cooked on an oak stove as gas, electronic, and aluminum appliances were not yet available during that time. Students also learned the value of food such as beef and the chemistry composition and action of baking powder. Welch published the first book on home economics in 1884, called Mrs. Welch's Cookbook.[6] This cookbook was partly based on her time in New York City, New York and Kensington, England where she studied.