Abby Lillian Marlatt

American educator
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Born:
March 7, 1869, Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.
Died:
June 23, 1943, Madison, Wis. (aged 74)

Abby Lillian Marlatt (born March 7, 1869, Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.—died June 23, 1943, Madison, Wis.) was an American educator who brought a strong academic base to the university programs in home economics that she established. Marlatt graduated from Manhattan’s Kansas State Agricultural College (now Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science) in 1888 and remained there as a teacher while studying chemistry (M.S., 1890). Invited to organize a department of domestic economy at Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University) in Logan, she taught there until 1894. In that year she joined the faculty of the Manual Training ...(100 of 274 words)